All posts tagged "Parenting"

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  Growing What Works

    Public/Private Ventures Public/Private Ventures (P/PV) draws six recommendations from its seven years of working with the Nurse-Family Partnership program in Pennsylvania....

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  Squeeze Play 2010: Continued Public Anxiety on Cost, Harsher Judgements on How Colleges are Run

  The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education and Public Agenda According to a survey conducted by The National Center for...

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  The Timing of Termination of Parental Rights: A Balancing Act for Children’s Best Interests

    Child Trends Termination of parental rights (TPR) has been an ongoing subject of discussion among judicial and child welfare professionals in...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Annie E. Casey President Doug Nelson to Retire in 2010

  When he walked into Annie E. Casey Foundation’s old headquarters in Greenwich, Conn., in 1990, Doug Nelson thought he was there to...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  Obama Pushes Responsible Fathering

    Walking into a group discussion at the White House about fatherhood last month, it took President Barack Obama only a few...

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  Rochester Curfew Struck Down by NY High Court

  New York’s highest court, by a 5-2 vote, has struck down a curfew ordinance in the city of Rochester ruling that it...

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  Grandparenting and Adolescent Adjustment in Two-Parent Biological, Lone-Parent, and Step-Families

  Multiple international researchers Adolescents who spend time with their grandparents have better social skills and exhibit fewer behavior problems, according to this...

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  Defining Family: I Love My Mom, But I Can’t Live with Her

  Tamara, 16Represent, New York (Names have been changed.) My hands began to tremble as I reached for the telephone. For each number...

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  Dictionary for Dads

    http://www.dictionaryfordads.com The site shares knowledge, resources and practical experiences fundamental to helping men make informed decisions about parenting. It features solution-oriented...

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  Fatherhood Programs Mature

  Note: This version corrects an error from the printed issue pertaining to the Dads Make a Difference program. In New York, helping...

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  Family Rejection as a Predictor of Negative Health Outcomes in White and Latino Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Young Adults

  César E. Chávez Institute, San Francisco State University/University of Utah Rejection by their families translates into significantly poorer physical and mental health...

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  Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Initiative: Further Progress is Needed in Developing a Risk-Based Monitoring Approach to Help HHS Improve Program Oversight

  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is not effectively ensuring that its grantees meet performance goals regarding the provision of...

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  What Works in Programs Serving Fathers Involved in the Criminal Justice System: Lessons from Evidence-Based Evaluations

  The percentage of children with a father in prison increased 58 percent between 1991 and 1999.

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  It’s Not Discipline, It’s a Teachable Moment

  THE NEW YORK TIMES Punishments such as time-outs, yelling, spanking and removing privileges don’t reinforce positive behavior in children and youth, say...

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  The Search Institute

    http://www.search-institute.org The Search Institute, an independent nonprofit organization that promotes healthy youth and communities, has launched a new Web site featuring...

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  The Parent-Child Relationship: A Family Strength

  Child Trends Results show that high parental involvement and positive parent-child interactions endure throughout childhood into the teenage years for most adolescents.

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  A Moment’s Peace for Parents of Teens:365 Rejuvenating Reflections

    Patricia Hoolihan Search Institute Press 369 pages. $9.95. A writing teacher and mother of two teens offers this postcard-sized “companion, a...

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  Family Guide

  http://family.samhsa.gov The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration produces this website for parents, focusing on mental health and the abuse...

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  Exploring Associations between Nonresident Father Involvement and Child Welfare Case Outcomes

  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) The study investigates whether the involvement of a nonresidentfather affects permanency outcomes for children...

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  Family PLUS

  http://familyplus.bgca.org Family PLUS (Parents Leading, Uniting, Serving) offers information and resources on children’s social and emotional growth, advice on education and safety...