Helping
parents understand their child's development, learn
effective parenting strategies, and experience the joys of child - raising now form the foundation of both Bright Futures7 and efforts that, like Essentials,
seek to reduce child maltreatment.
Reducing the prevalence of adolescent behaviour problems will require that a large proportion of the population be reached with
effective parenting strategies.8, 11 A population approach to
parenting programmes for
parents of adolescents
seeks to optimize impact and reach a larger proportion of the general population.