scholarly journals Understanding the impacts of video-guided activities on parent-child interaction

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Kachergis ◽  
Emily Hembacher ◽  
Veronica Cristiano ◽  
Vivian Zhang ◽  
Michael C. Frank
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Parent Engagement ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Early Parenting ◽  
Very Young Children ◽  
Age Appropriate ◽  
Video Experiment ◽  
Future Outcomes ◽  
Parent Child

Early parenting practices play an important role in shaping children’s future outcomes. In particular, high-quality early interactions can facilitate language learning and school performance. The rise of phone-based parenting applications (“apps”) could deliver low-cost interventions on parenting style to a wide variety of populations, especially the parents of very young children, who are often difficult to reach in other ways. Yet little is known about the effects of communicating to parents through app-based interventions. In two studies (one preregistered), we showed parents short videos depicting age-appropriate parent-child activities from a parenting app. We found that after watching the video, parents spoke more and made more bids for joint attention, as compared with controls who watched no video (experiment 1) or a science video (experiment 2). These results suggest that activity videos can lead to positive changes in parent engagement, providing support for the use of such videos in parenting interventions.

Everyday updates: How parents ask about their young children’s lived experiences

2021 ◽  
pp. 026540752098236
Author(s):  
Darcey K. deSouza
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Family Interactions ◽  
Canadian English ◽  
Very Young Children ◽  
Parent Child Interactions ◽  
Parent Child

This research study explores how children respond to solicitations for updates about their (recent) experiences. Instances of parents soliciting updates from their children were collected from over 30 hours of video-recorded co-present family interactions from 20 different American and Canadian families with at least one child between the ages of 3 and 6. Previous research has documented that caregivers of very young children treat them as being able to disclose about events they have experienced (Kidwell, 2011). In building upon the literature on family communication and parent-child interactions as well as the literature on epistemics, this paper explores the concept of “talking about your day” in everyday co-present family interactions, showing three ways in which parents solicit updates from their children: through report solicitations, tracking inquiries, and asking the child to update someone else. Data are in American and Canadian English.

scholarly journals Maternal Depressive Symptoms at 2 to 4 Months Post Partum and Early Parenting Practices

2006 ◽  
Vol 160 (3) ◽  
pp. 279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn Taaffe McLearn ◽  
Cynthia S. Minkovitz ◽  
Donna M. Strobino ◽  
Elisabeth Marks ◽  
William Hou
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Post Partum ◽  
Maternal Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Early Parenting

scholarly journals Discriminant Profile of Young Internet Dependents: The Role of Family Relationships

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (62) ◽  
pp. 353-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele Terres-Trindade ◽  
Clarisse Pereira Mosmann
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Interparental Conflict ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
Paternal Behavior ◽  
The Family ◽  
Parent Child

AbstractInternational studies have shown effects of family relations on Internet addiction in young people. This research aimed to outline a discriminant profile of young people classified as dependent and not dependent on the Internet regarding to socio-biodemographic variables to parenting practices, parent-child conflict and interparental conflict. The sample consisted of 200 students (152 girls and 48 boys), between 15 and 24 years of age, 85.5% reside in Rio Grande do Sul and 14.5% in other Brazilian states. Participants responded individually to the protocol available online. The results showed that interparental conflict, parent-child conflict and the educational practice of supervision of paternal behavior discriminate dependents on Internet. The educational practice of maternal emotional support was the only discriminating variable for non-dependents. These national findings corroborate the international context studies and reinforce the importance of including the family in promotion and prevention of mental health of young people.

The semantic focus of maternal speech: a comment on Ninio & Bruner (1978)

1985 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 209-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Goddard ◽  
K. Durkin ◽  
D. R. Rutter
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Picture Book ◽  
Lexical Acquisition ◽  
Book Reading ◽  
Subsequent Research ◽  
Child Interaction ◽  
Parent Child Interaction ◽  
Maternal Speech ◽  
Picture Book Reading ◽  
Parent Child

Ninio & Bruner (1978) added an important dimension to the study of early lexical acquisition by drawing attention to the dialogue-like nature of the mother-child interactions where presumably much language-learning takes place. The authors pointed to the well-established findings that much of the child's early speech consists of names for people and objects (Leopold 1949, Werner & Kaplan 1963, Nelson 1973, Greenfield & Smith 1976). They went on to show that in one familiar type of parent–child interaction, joint picture-book reading, labels are used extensively by the adult and are inserted skilfully into a structured interactional sequence that has the texture of a dialogue (Ninio & Bruner 1978: 6). This dialogue, they suggested, ‘seems… to be a format well suited to the teaching of labelling’ (1978: 12). Subsequent research has also been interpreted as pointing to the teaching potential of joint picture-book reading (Wheeler 1983, Ninio 1983) and the opportunities it affords for situation-specific routines (Snow & Goldfield 1983).

scholarly journals Is Attachment Theory Consistent with Aboriginal Parenting Realities?

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond Neckoway ◽  
Keith Brownlee ◽  
Bruno Castellan
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Attachment Theory ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Attachment Security ◽  
Aboriginal Peoples ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Sense Of Security ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
Parent Child

Attachment theory has become one of the most influential models guiding parent-child relationships in programs of prevention, treatment, and education, including programs for Aboriginal parents. However, whether the model can be reliably applied when working with Aboriginal peoples has not yet been established. Studies on attachment security conducted with different cultural groups provide a means of comparing naturally occurring differences in parenting practices and socio-emotional environments of children. These studies report inconsistencies of attachment security across cultures and suggest that consideration should be given to cultural differences when applying attachment theory across cultures. In this article, we analyse the correspondence between attachment theory and descriptions of Aboriginal parenting and question the relevance of attachment theory to Aboriginal parents who do not adhere to the mother-infant dyad as the sole contributor to the child’s sense of security.

scholarly journals Patterns of food parenting practices regarding junk food and sugary drinks among parent-child dyads

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Thomson ◽  
Erin Hennessy ◽  
Alicia Landry ◽  
Melissa Goodman
Keyword(s):  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Parental Authority ◽  
Junk Food ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Added Sugars ◽  
Sugary Drinks ◽  
Parent Child

Abstract Background Children’s food preference and intake patterns are affected by parental child feeding practices. The objective was to determine patterns of food parenting practices regarding junk food and sugary drinks (JS) and investigate their associations with demographic characteristics and dietary intake in a large cohort of parents and their children (12-17 years). Methods Dyadic survey data from the cross-sectional, internet-based Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating Study, conducted in 2014, were analyzed using latent class analysis to identify patterns of use for six JS parenting practices – negative emotions, restriction, monitoring, availability, modeling, and child involvement – based on parent and child report. Model covariates included self-reported parent and child sex, age (child only), body mass index category (based on height and weight), added sugars intake, and legitimacy of parental authority. Results Based on 1,657 parent-child dyads, five parenting practice patterns were identified representing different levels of practice use – Complete Influencers (28%; reference class), Indifferent Influencers (21%), Negative Influencers (20%), Minimal Influencers (18%), and Disagreeing Influencers (13%). Compared to older child dyads, younger child dyads were less likely to belong to Indifferent and Minimal Influencers (79% and 63% lower odds, respectively). Greater parent added sugars intake increased the odds of belonging to Indifferent and Negative Influencers (4% and 5% higher for every teaspoon increase, respectively) while greater child added sugars intake decreased the odds of belonging to Minimal Influencers (6% lower for every teaspoon increase). Compared to dyads with high scores, dyads with low child scores for legitimacy of parental authority regarding JS were 18 times as likely to belong to Disagreeing Influencers. Conclusions The study findings suggest that parents utilize distinct patterns of feeding practices regarding JS ranging from use of many practices, use of some practices, to low use of any practice, with differential associations with parent and child intakes of added sugars. Counseling or intervening with parents to use a mix of structure practices, such as availability and modeling, to positively influence their child’s and possibly their own intake of sugary snacks and drinks may prove more efficacious than use of coercive control practices, such as negative emotions.

scholarly journals A cross-cultural study of the effect of parental bonding on the perception and response to criticism in Singapore, Italy and USA

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. e0257888
Author(s):  
Michelle Jin Yee Neoh ◽  
Alessandro Carollo ◽  
Andrea Bonassi ◽  
Claudio Mulatti ◽  
Albert Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parental Care ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Parental Bonding ◽  
Emotional Reactions ◽  
Specific Aspect ◽  
Cultural Variation ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Parent Child

Parents play a primary and crucial role in emotional socialisation processes in children where individuals learn the expression, understanding and regulation of emotions. Parenting practices and dimensions of the parent-child relationship have been associated with social and emotional processes in children. As criticism involves negative emotional reactions and emotion regulation, the parent-child relationship is likely to influence an individual’s perception and response to criticism. Hence, the present study investigated the relationship of parental bonding and the perception and response to criticism in three different countries–Singapore, Italy and USA. Adult participants (n = 444) completed the Parental Bonding Inventory (PBI) and measures of criticism. Parental care, overprotection and country were found to be significant predictors of a tendency to perceive criticism as destructive. Higher levels of parental care predicted a lower tendency to perceive criticism as destructive while higher levels of parental overprotection predicted a higher tendency to perceive criticism as destructive. US American participants were found to have a significantly higher tendency to perceive criticism as destructive compared to Italian and Singaporean participants. The findings align with past research on the role of the parent-child relationship in the socio-emotional development of children as well as providing insight into a specific aspect in social interaction; perception and response to criticism, being affected. Future studies can look to investigate this relationship further in different countries in light of cultural variation in parenting styles and emotion experience, expression and regulation.

scholarly journals Patterns of food parenting practices regarding junk food and sugary drinks among parent-child dyads

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Thomson ◽  
Erin Hennessy ◽  
Alicia Landry ◽  
Melissa Goodman
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Parental Authority ◽  
Junk Food ◽  
Added Sugars ◽  
Sugary Drinks ◽  
Parent Child

Abstract Background: Children’s food preference and intake patterns are affected by parental child feeding practices. The objective of this study was to determine patterns of food parenting practices regarding junk food and sugary drinks (JS) and to investigate their associations with demographic characteristics and dietary intake in a large cohort of parents and their children (12-17 years). Methods: Dyadic survey data from the cross-sectional, internet-based Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating Study, conducted in 2014, were analyzed using latent class analysis to identify patterns of use for six JS parenting practices – negative emotions, restriction, monitoring, availability, modeling, and child involvement – based on both parent and child report. Model covariates included self-reported parent sex, body mass index, added sugars intake, and legitimacy of parental authority; and self-reported child age, sex, body mass index percentile, added sugars intake, and legitimacy of parental authority. Results: Based on 1,657 parent-child dyads, five latent classes were identified – Complete Influencers (28%), Indifferent Influencers (21%), Negative Influencers (20%), Minimal Influencers (18%), and Disagreeing Influencers (13%). Compared to older child dyads, younger child dyads had 79% and 63% lower odds of belonging to Indifferent and Minimal Influencers versus Complete Influencers. Odds of belonging to Indifferent and Negative Influencers were 4% and 5% higher for every teaspoon increase in parent added sugars intake while odds for Minimal Influencers were 6% lower for every teaspoon increase in child added sugars intake versus Complete Influencers. Dyads with low compared to high parental and child agreement with legitimacy of parental authority regarding JS had between 2 and 26 times the odds of belonging to one of the other classes versus Complete Influencers. Conclusions: The study findings suggest that parents utilize distinct patterns of feeding practices related to JS ranging from use of many practices, use of some practices, to low use of any practice, with differential associations with parent and child intakes of added sugars. Counseling or intervening with parents to use a mix of structure practices to positively influence their child’s and possibly their own intake of sugary snacks and drinks may prove more efficacious than use of coercive control practices.

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