Although it is generally agreed (Dunn, 2004) that children in separated families do best when they retain a strong, positive relationship with both parents, many studies have found no significant association between the frequency of non-resident father - child contact and
more positive child outcomes (Amato & Gilbreth, 1999).
Not exact matches
If you are well - informed and well - supported, no matter what the
outcome of your birth (natural childbirth with no medical intervention, pain relief, induced labor, or Caesarian birth) you are
more likely to have a
positive birth experience and to be
more present to your newborn
child.
When we supply the attention to our
child —
positive or negative — we get a response that we may or may not like... and then we give
more attention in response —
positive or negative — with the hope of a new
outcome.
Therefore, prospective adoptive families would greatly benefit by having extensive pre-adoption counseling and awareness of how an older
child has grown up in an institutional environment and that providing a «good and loving home» may not be enough as specialized and practical treatment strategies may bring about a
more positive outcome since so many families attempt to love and nurture the older
child when, in fact, a gradual treatment process involving «reintegration into the family» must occur first.
For research shows that fathers who are involved with their
children in the early weeks are
more likely to stay involved with
positive outcomes for
children.»
What he found is that nearly every study that purported to prove breastfeeding led to
more positive outcomes for
children relied on flawed methodology — there was no control group.
Parents» responses can make a difference, helping a
child to feel
more positive while weighing alternatives, making decisions, and arriving at satisfying
outcomes.
* And in the largest and possible most systematic study to date, conducted on five different ethnic groups from both Chicago and New York involving over 1,400 subjects Mosenkis (2000) found far
more positive adult
outcomes for individuals who coslept as a
child, among almost all ethnic groups i.e. African Americans and Puerto Ricans in New York, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, and Mexicans in Chicago than there were negative findings.
Regarding
child development and school readiness
outcomes,
more recent studies show promise in impacting these
outcomes indirectly through promoting
positive parenting practices and home supports for early learning.
Thus, although improving the economic status of families promotes
more positive outcomes for
children's cognitive development and academic achievement, direct services and therapeutic interventions may be a comparatively
more promising alternative for improving
children's psychosocial development and reducing behaviour problems.
As we learn
more about the mechanisms for these impacts, both direct and indirect, research will demonstrate the most effective approach to link home visiting services and early childhood education and
child care programs to
more fully realize
positive outcomes.
Our programs ensure that
more children will grow up with nurturing fathers, leading to multiple
positive outcomes for the whole family — and this depends almost entirely on the generosity of supporters like you.
Some of the many benefits a Postpartum Doula provides for you and your baby include: Better infant care skills
Positive newborn characteristics Breastfeeding skills improve A healthy set of coping skills and strategies Relief from postpartum depression
More restful sleep duration and quality Education and support services for a smooth transition home A more content baby Improved infant growth translates into increased confidence A content baby with an easier temperament Education for you to gain greater self - confidence Referrals to competent, appropriate professionals and support groups when necessary The benefits of skin to skin contact Breastfeeding success Lessen the severity and duration of postpartum depression Improved birth outcomes Decrease risk of abuse Families with disabilities can also benefit greatly by learning special skills specific to their situation Families experiencing loss often find relief through our Doula services Improved bonding between parent and ch
More restful sleep duration and quality Education and support services for a smooth transition home A
more content baby Improved infant growth translates into increased confidence A content baby with an easier temperament Education for you to gain greater self - confidence Referrals to competent, appropriate professionals and support groups when necessary The benefits of skin to skin contact Breastfeeding success Lessen the severity and duration of postpartum depression Improved birth outcomes Decrease risk of abuse Families with disabilities can also benefit greatly by learning special skills specific to their situation Families experiencing loss often find relief through our Doula services Improved bonding between parent and ch
more content baby Improved infant growth translates into increased confidence A content baby with an easier temperament Education for you to gain greater self - confidence Referrals to competent, appropriate professionals and support groups when necessary The benefits of skin to skin contact Breastfeeding success Lessen the severity and duration of postpartum depression Improved birth
outcomes Decrease risk of abuse Families with disabilities can also benefit greatly by learning special skills specific to their situation Families experiencing loss often find relief through our Doula services Improved bonding between parent and
child.
Children who receive an early diagnosis have
more positive outcomes than kids who do not.
In the case of married couples, it's almost certainly those high quality relationships — the ones which make it
more likely that people get married in the first place — that are then primarily responsible for the
positive outcomes for
children of married couples, not the institution of marriage itself.
Previous research has found that «process - oriented praise» — praising
children for their actions rather than their characteristics, like «good job» or «great work» — can provide
children with a «
positive growth mindset» that is associated with
more persistence after failure and better academic
outcomes, Gunderson added.
The challenge before us is to understand why and how disadvantaged environments lead to impaired learning, poor health, and maladaptive behavior, and to use that knowledge to increase the probability of
more positive outcomes for all
children.
The power of parents to move their disabled
child out of a failing program would likely improve the
outcomes for that
child and motivate
more teachers and administrators to achieve
positive results for their students with disabilities.
Research has also shown that a successful start to school is linked to later
positive educational and social
outcomes, and that
children who make successful transitions to school are
more likely to regard school as important and to feel
positive about their ability to learn and succeed.
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positive outcomes at the
child and family, school, and systems levels.
al. (2013) note, «
More of a program of mediocre quality does not lead to
positive effects on
child outcomes.
And, it's a way better pet, which is much
more likely to engender a
child's long - term interest and love, thus making the chances much stronger for a
positive outcome to the entire transaction.
Mission: To expand the mentoring field's regional capacity to reach
more school - aged
children with caring, committed adult mentors, using best practices, training and professional support to achieve lifelong
positive educational and behavioral
outcomes for youth.
The
Child and Family Research Partnership's analysis of qualitative and quantitative data collected from both mothers and home visitors in the Texas Home Visiting (THV) program, shows that other,
more immediate
positive outcomes are associated with program participation, mostly as a result of a mother's relationship with her home visitor.
With an aim of creating
more constructive,
positive outcomes for parties dealing with custody and access issues, Toronto family lawyer Jennifer Samara Shuber is now offering her services in preparing Voice of the
Child Reports as a part of her practice.
Quality of the home environment
More programs have observed
positive effects in parenting domains than in
child outcomes.
Outcomes at 36 - month follow - up showed that
children in the Early Start series had higher rates of general practitioner contact (P <.05), higher rates of well -
child care (P <.05), lower rates of hospital attendance for unintentional injury (P <.01), lower rates of parentally reported
child abuse (P <.01), greater use of preschool education (P <.05),
more positive and less punitive parenting (P <.05), and lower rates of childhood behavioral problems (P <.05).
The importance of early interventions that target caregiving is underscored by studies demonstrating high cost - effectiveness through greatly enhanced long - term
outcomes.41 Furthermore,
children who receive
more nurturing caregiving may also be protected from exposure to stressful life events, suggesting this central target may have
positive ramifications on brain development.42 Considering these issues, study findings are relevant to the public policy debate on the importance of early preschool programs for young
children living in poverty.
Similarly, Straus and Donnelly4 showed that boys were hit
more often, and
more often subjected to verbal aggression, than girls.18
Child aggression has been examined both as a precursor to and an
outcome of corporal punishment, and a
positive association is found between aggression and corporal punishment in both cases.7,19 - 23
More research is needed on how we can continue to improve
child health and well - being by focusing on the healthy
outcomes of
positive experiences.
When
children or parents with mental health service needs are involved with the
child welfare system, a coordination of efforts is
more likely to result in
positive outcomes than if each system focuses independently on its own issue - related services.
Thus, although improving the economic status of families promotes
more positive outcomes for
children's cognitive development and academic achievement, direct services and therapeutic interventions may be a comparatively
more promising alternative for improving
children's psychosocial development and reducing behaviour problems.
Parenting skills and a variety of family risk factors are influenced by the effects of disadvantage, meaning that Indigenous
children are
more likely to miss out on the crucial early childhood development opportunities that are required for
positive social, educational, health and employment
outcomes later in life.
In an early impact study on the effectiveness of «skills - based relationship education programs designed to help low - income married couples strengthen their relationships and, in turn, to support
more stable and
more nurturing home environments and
more positive outcomes for parents and their
children,» MDRC reported [20] «Overall, the program has shown some small
positive effects, without clear indications (yet no clear negative proof) for improving the odds to stay together after 12 months.»
When families understand that «happiness», social and emotional wellbeing and
positive mental health, all lead to better academic
outcomes and lifelong satisfaction, they are
more able to partner with educators in valuing play with their
children.
When
positive experiences, like nurturing relationships and a sense of belonging, are added to one end of the see saw, and
children start to develop coping skills, like the ability to solve problems or manage behaviour, the fulcrum can slide and the see saw will tilt towards a
more positive outcome.
positive outcomes are
more likely to be achieved when effective partnerships exist between the adults important to the
child.
Although the research on resilience in foster
children specifically is sorely lacking, studies of maltreated
children suggest that maltreated
children who exhibit resilience have high cognitive competence, self - esteem, and ego control (including flexibility, planfulness, persistence, and reflection).30 Thus, foster
children, who have an increased likelihood of experiencing multiple risk factors such as poverty, maltreatment, and separation from family of origin, may have
more positive outcomes if they are fortunate enough to also experience protective factors.
Resilience The work on resilience is particularly relevant for foster
children because it examines the factors that allow some
children faced with severe adversities to «overcome the odds» and become successful at a variety of developmental and life - adjustment tasks.29 Several characteristics of
children and their environments may compensate for the high - risk situations with which they must contend, leading to
more positive outcomes.
Evaluation results demonstrated both enhanced quality of care and promotion of
more - favorable parenting practices related to perceptions of
children's behavior at 30 to 33 months, discipline at 30 to 33 months, and health care seeking at 2 to 4 months and 30 to 33 months.4 — 7 In addition, HS reduced income disparities in the use of preventive services and enhanced parents» satisfaction with care at 30 to 33 months.8 Using observational data and a longitudinal sample, Caughy et al9 reported that participation in HS was associated with
positive child development
outcomes, including greater attachment and fewer
child behavior problems when
children were 34 to 37 months of age.
Children are more likely to have trusting relationships with caregivers who are consistent and nurturing, which leads to a number of positive developmental outcomes.7 Moreover, the research suggests that positive and consistent caregiving has the potential to compensate for factors that have a deleterious impact on children, such as poverty and its associated risk factors.8 In other words, children have much better outcomes if their family lives are stable, despite the overwhelming influence of poverty and associated risk
Children are
more likely to have trusting relationships with caregivers who are consistent and nurturing, which leads to a number of
positive developmental
outcomes.7 Moreover, the research suggests that
positive and consistent caregiving has the potential to compensate for factors that have a deleterious impact on
children, such as poverty and its associated risk factors.8 In other words, children have much better outcomes if their family lives are stable, despite the overwhelming influence of poverty and associated risk
children, such as poverty and its associated risk factors.8 In other words,
children have much better outcomes if their family lives are stable, despite the overwhelming influence of poverty and associated risk
children have much better
outcomes if their family lives are stable, despite the overwhelming influence of poverty and associated risk factors.
For example, in the NSCAW study, foster
children with experiences of severe maltreatment exhibited
more compromised
outcomes.32 Other scholars suggest that foster care may even be a protective factor against the negative consequences of maltreatment.33 Similarly, it has been suggested that foster care results in
more positive outcomes for
children than does reunification with biological families.34 Further, some studies suggest that the psychosocial vulnerability of the
child and family is
more predictive of
outcome than any other factor.35 Despite these caveats, the evidence suggests that foster care placement and the foster care experience
more generally are associated with poorer developmental
outcomes for
children.
Children reared in a high - quality caregiving ecology are set on a positive developmental path that has the potential to produce long - term positive outcomes.68 Already vulnerable from the experiences of maltreatment and other environmental risk factors (for example, poverty and its associated stressors), the development of foster children is further compromised if they experience more trauma and instability while
Children reared in a high - quality caregiving ecology are set on a
positive developmental path that has the potential to produce long - term
positive outcomes.68 Already vulnerable from the experiences of maltreatment and other environmental risk factors (for example, poverty and its associated stressors), the development of foster
children is further compromised if they experience more trauma and instability while
children is further compromised if they experience
more trauma and instability while in care.
Because many families receiving
child welfare services may benefit from a variety of agencies, coordination of efforts is
more likely to result in
positive outcomes than if each system focuses independently on its own issue - related services.
Indiana can demonstrate
more positive child level
outcomes including increased kindergarten readiness and third grade reading levels.
The
positive effects of high - quality early childhood programs on specific, short - and long - term
outcomes for
children, families, and communities, have been quantified by numerous research studies.8 In the short - to medium - term,
children enrolled in high - quality early learning programs are less likely to need special education services during their K - 12 years; are less likely to commit juvenile offenses; and
more likely to graduate from high school.
Authoritarian parenting, which is generally linked to less
positive child social
outcomes, tends to be
more prevalent among ethnic minorities.
The Supporting Healthy Marriage (SHM) evaluation was launched in 2003 to test the effectiveness of a skills - based relationship education program designed to help low - income married couples strengthen their relationships and, in turn, support
more stable and
more nurturing home environments and
more positive outcomes for
children.
The Supporting Healthy Marriage (SHM) evaluation was launched in 2003 to test the effectiveness of a skills - based relationship education program designed to help low - and modest - income married couples strengthen their relationships and to support
more stable and
more nurturing home environments and
more positive outcomes for parents and their
children.
Further analyses of demographic data indicates that participants with
more education, no personal history of
child maltreatment, less time in the residential program, and lower social desirability scores demonstrated
more positive outcomes.