Reducing Trauma from Behind Bars: Enhancing Parent-Child Attachment Through a Digitally Distributed Reading Program

2021 ◽  
pp. 003288552110481
Author(s):  
David A. McLeod ◽  
Angela B. Pharris ◽  
Susan Marcus-Mendoza ◽  
Rachael A. M. Winkles ◽  
Rachel Chapman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Program Effectiveness ◽  
Child Outcomes ◽  
Reading Program ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Incarcerated Parents ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Sense Of Involvement ◽  
Parent Child

Incarceration impacts families by disrupting routine attachment, creating negative consequences for both the parent and child. This article examines the use of an intervention videoing incarcerated parents reading to their children and then delivering those videos to improve child outcomes. Using a mixed-methods approach, a total of 587 surveys were completed by program participants and analyzed for parental perceptions of the program effectiveness. The intervention appeared to increase the frequency of correspondence between the parent and child, improved the sense of parent-child relationship, and increased a sense of involvement, attachment, and connectedness.

Residential Arrangements and Children’s School Engagement

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (8) ◽  
pp. 1104-1122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nele Havermans ◽  
An Katrien Sodermans ◽  
Koen Matthijs
Keyword(s):  
School Engagement ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Equation Models ◽  
Child Outcomes ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Parental Time ◽  
Selection Mechanisms ◽  
Parent Child

The increase in shared residential arrangements is driven by the belief that it is in the best interest of the child. The maintenance of contact between child and parents can mitigate negative consequences of separation. However, selection mechanisms may account for a positive relationship between shared residential arrangements and child outcomes. This study examines the association between children’s residential arrangements and their school engagement, focusing on the parent–child relationship as a mediator and selection mechanisms. Structural equation models are performed on a sample of 973 secondary school pupils with separated parents from the Leuven Adolescents and Families Study (LAFS; 2008-2011). The results suggest that more parental time is related with a better parent–child relationship, and this leads indirectly to higher school engagement. However, shared residence may also have negative consequences for children and is certainly not the only residential arrangement in which children have a good relationship with both parents.

scholarly journals Parenting and Child Development: A Relational Health Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-59
Author(s):  
Cynthia A. Frosch ◽  
Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan ◽  
D. David O’Banion
Keyword(s):  
Child Development ◽  
Child Outcomes ◽  
Relational Health ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Parent Health ◽  
The Many ◽  
The One ◽  
Early Parent ◽  
Parent Child

A child’s development is embedded within a complex system of relationships. Among the many relationships that influence children’s growth and development, perhaps the most influential is the one that exists between parent and child. Recognition of the critical importance of early parent-child relationship quality for children’s socioemotional, cognitive, neurobiological, and health outcomes has contributed to a shift in efforts to identify relational determinants of child outcomes. Recent efforts to extend models of relational health to the field of child development highlight the role that parent, child, and contextual factors play in supporting the development and maintenance of healthy parent-child relationships. This review presents a parent-child relational health perspective on development, with an emphasis on socioemotional outcomes in early childhood, along with brief attention to obesity and eating behavior as a relationally informed health outcome. Also emphasized here is the parent–health care provider relationship as a context for supporting healthy outcomes within families as well as screening and intervention efforts to support optimal relational health within families, with the goal of improving mental and physical health within our communities.

How Incarceration Affects the Parent-Child Relationship and Family Dynamics

2017 ◽  
pp. 310-338
Author(s):  
Alicia Ferris
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Parental Incarceration ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Incarcerated Parents ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
The World ◽  
Charitable Trust ◽  
Parent Child

The United States incarcerates more people than any other country in the world (Pew Charitable Trust, 2008). More than one in 100 adults are incarcerated and many of these individuals are parents who have one or more children who are under the age of eighteen. Therefore, 1.7 million children are affected by parental incarceration (Glaze & Maruschak, 2008). Children who have incarcerated parents are exposed to factors that put them at risk for increased delinquency and maladjustment in childhood (Aaron & Dallaire, 2010). Parental incarceration is a heart-wrenching topic, but needs to be discussed because it can negatively impact children and families. Thus, this chapter will explore how parental incarceration affects children and families. Specifically, the various relationships of parent-child, caregiver-child, parent-caregiver, and sibling relationships will be explored. In addition, this chapter will examine the developmental impacts parental incarceration has, legal recommendations, and interventions for children and families affected by parental incarceration.

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