Despite this reality, research and interventions for children focus on the parent — child relationship as the primary source of influence on child outcomes; the effects of
siblings on child behavior and health are often underestimated.
Not exact matches
Offering a wide variety of services, Sleepy Planet helps parents of babies, toddlers, and young
children with behavioral sleep problems through private consultations, and provides parent education, psychotherapy, and professional presentations
on a wide variety of topics, including the transition to parenthood,
child development and
behavior,
sibling rivalry, marital issues, and how to balance work and family.
(1) the temperament and developmental needs of the
child; (2) the capacity and the disposition of the parents to understand and meet the needs of the
child; (3) the preferences of each
child; (4) the wishes of the parents as to custody; (5) the past and current interaction and relationship of the
child with each parent, the
child's
siblings, and any other person, including a grandparent, who may significantly affect the best interest of the
child; (6) the actions of each parent to encourage the continuing parent
child relationship between the
child and the other parent, as is appropriate, including compliance with court orders; (7) the manipulation by or coercive
behavior of the parents in an effort to involve the
child in the parents» dispute; (8) any effort by one parent to disparage the other parent in front of the
child; (9) the ability of each parent to be actively involved in the life of the
child; (10) the
child's adjustment to his or her home, school, and community environments; (11) the stability of the
child's existing and proposed residences; (12) the mental and physical health of all individuals involved, except that a disability of a proposed custodial parent or other party, in and of itself, must not be determinative of custody unless the proposed custodial arrangement is not in the best interest of the
child; (13) the
child's cultural and spiritual background; (14) whether the
child or a
sibling of the
child has been abused or neglected; (15) whether one parent has perpetrated domestic violence or
child abuse or the effect
on the
child of the actions of an abuser if any domestic violence has occurred between the parents or between a parent and another individual or between the parent and the
child; (16) whether one parent has relocated more than one hundred miles from the
child's primary residence in the past year, unless the parent relocated for safety reasons; and (17) other factors as the court considers necessary.
The discovery that concordance (similarity between
siblings) for divorce among adults is higher among identical than fraternal twins suggests that genes may predispose some people to engage in
behaviors that increase the risk of divorce.58 If parents» personality traits and other genetically transmitted predispositions are causes of single parenthood as well as childhood problems, then the apparent effects
on children of growing up with a single parent are spurious.
Additionally, I address anger management issues, adjustment problems (divorce, birth of a
sibling), ADHD, anxiety, Autism Spectrum Disorder,
behavior concerns (home / school),
child development concerns, depression, domestic violence and its impact
on children and self - esteem.»
Flattened diurnal patterns might be seen only in
children living in highly neglectful or chaotic environments and not necessarily in
children at risk based
on sibling antisocial
behavior.
In addition, changes in friend smoking have been found to mediate the movie smoking effect
on behavior; therefore, friend smoking was rejected as a covariate.37, 38 More specifically, by being strict regarding R - rated movie viewing, parents decrease the risk of their
children having a smoking
sibling because that
sibling presumably has comparable restrictions.
Family discord, divorce, moving to a new place, parenting style, relationships with the parents,
sibling influences and peer influences all can have an effect
on a
child's
behavior.
Effects of the KEEP foster parent intervention
on child and
sibling behavior problems and parental stress during a randomized implementation trial.
(1) the temperament and developmental needs of the
child; (2) the capacity and the disposition of the parents to understand and meet the needs of the
child; (3) the preferences of each
child; (4) the wishes of the parents as to custody; (5) the past and current interaction and relationship of the
child with each parent, the
child's
siblings, and any other person, including a grandparent, who may significantly affect the best interest of the
child; (6) the actions of each parent to encourage the continuing parent
child relationship between the
child and the other parent, as is appropriate, including compliance with court orders; (7) the manipulation by or coercive
behavior of the parents in an effort to involve the
child in the parents» dispute; (8) any effort by one parent to disparage the other parent in front of the
child; (9) the ability of each parent to be actively involved in the life of the
child; (10) the
child's adjustment to his or her home, school, and community environments; (11) the stability of the
child's existing and proposed residences; (12) the mental and physical health of all individuals involved, except that a disability of a proposed custodial parent or other party, in and of itself, must not be determinative of custody unless the proposed custodial arrangement is not in the best interest of the
child; (13) the
child's cultural and spiritual background; (14) whether the
child or a
sibling of the
child has been abused or neglected; (15) whether one parent has perpetrated domestic violence or
child abuse or the effect
on the
child of the actions of an abuser if any domestic violence has occurred between the parents or between a parent and another individual or between the parent and the
child; (16) whether one parent has relocated more than one hundred miles from the
child's primary residence in the past year, unless the parent relocated for safety reasons; and (17) other factors as the court considers necessary
Siblings of intervention children showed significant improvements in conduct problem intensity on the child behavior inventory test, compared with control s
Siblings of intervention
children showed significant improvements in conduct problem intensity
on the
child behavior inventory test, compared with control
siblingssiblings.
Peer reports of social
behavior / reputation
on the RCP demonstrated no differences in rate of nominations for
siblings and comparison
children on any of the four dimensions.
This study evaluated the magnitude of informant agreement and predictors of agreement
on behavior and emotional problems and autism symptoms in 403
children with autism and their typically developing
siblings.