The Courts manage a child with mental illness as an invested yet impersonal steward of change or supervision. An invested parent is the true personal steward of that child's welfare. That stewardship can create trauma over time and therefore benefit from technical supports to sustain attention, ...
The effects of parents’ efficacy beliefs on their parenting practices and functioning have also been documented in a few studies on families having a child with developmental disabilities like ADHD and autism (e.g., Hastings & Brown,2002; Johnston & Ohan,2005), but, as far as we know, no...
Mental illness is one of the many threads woven into my life's tapestry. I don't know why brain chemical imbalances have affected my family, but in addition to my son, several close and distant relatives, as well as my daughters and grandson, grapple with depression, an anxiety disorder, ...
Children’s intellectual functioning showed a marked decline from 1 year, with the average score being 85. Moreover, they showed significant delays in receptive language skills, as assessed by the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test—Revised (PPVT-R), with an average score of 74 (no child scored ...
She has previous research and work experience with Chinese families and is an adult child of a mother with mental illness. The research team brought expertise in qualitative approaches, and research and clinical expe- riences of Australian and Chinese families. Throughout this study, the first ...
Mental Health: Parenting style influences the mental well-being of children by creating an emotional climate at home. For example, nurturing authoritative parents raise kids with better mental health, while harsh authoritarian parents create a hostile environment, leading to anxiety in children. ...
Every child is an individual, but every child is also a generalist.By that I mean that I truly believe every child can learn to express themselves through the arts, to learn how to move their body best within their capacities, and to become someone who is kind, compassionate, and who can...
If you are a parent with a mental health condition, or just find parenting draining and difficult, there are resources. It can be helpful to talk to other parents —who you can share your feelings with honestly, without holding back. There are also support networks for parents — online and...
Every child has bad behavior sometimes. At home, it's easier to deal with. But what about in public? Psychologist Celina Benavides explains what to do in the moment — and how to get ahead of bad behavior. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy ...
Relatively little research has focused on the experiences of parents of adolescent and adult children with autism spectrum disorder. Because autism symptoms and associated problems persist across the child’s life course, stressful parenting associated w