Child-Rearing by Substitute Parental Figures

Funding child rearing: child allowance and parental leave.

This article proposes two financing plans to address what the author identifies as the two primary concerns in the child care field: (1) a child allowance for poor and near-poor households to address the child care problems of low-income families, and (2) a program of voluntary parental leave, available to all parents at child birth or adoption, to ensure the adequacy of infant care. The child ...

Child dental anxiety, parental rearing style and dental history reported by parents.

AIM To examine the relationship between self-reported parental rearing style, parent's assessment of their child's dental anxiety and the dental history of children. MATERIALS AND METHODS Parents of primary school children were asked to complete questionnaires about their parenting style, using four different questionnaires. Parents also completed the Child Fear Survey Schedule Dental Subscal...

[Parental beliefs and child-rearing attitudes and mental health problems among schoolchildren].

OBJECTIVE To verify the prevalence and identify the risk factors related to mental health problems among schoolchildren and its possible association with the beliefs and educational attitudes of parents/caretakers. METHODS Cross-sectional study with a stratified probabilistic sample (n=454) of first to third-graders from public and private schools in Southeastern Brazil. Standardized instrume...

The Causal Impact of Alternative Parental Child Rearing Practices on Adolescent Outcomes

While the role of parenting style as a determinant of adolescent outcomes has a long history in developmental psychology and sociology, determining causality remains a challenge. In this study we estimate the impact of parental discipline and parental monitoring on a variety of risky behaviors. We use information on random assignment to parental training programs to identify the impact of alter...

Child-rearing and children's empathy