Keeping Parents Apart

Alcohol problems in adoptees raised apart from alcoholic biological parents.

Keeping Secrets From Parents: Longitudinal Associations of Secrecy in Adolescence

A 2-wave survey study among 1173 10–14-year-olds tested the longitudinal contribution of secrecy from parents to psychosocial and behavioral problems in adolescence. Additionally, it investigated a hypothesized contribution of secrecy from parents to adolescent development by examining its relation with self-control. Results showed that keeping secrets from parents is associated with substantia...

Keeping all options open: Parents’ approaches to advance care planning

BACKGROUND Early engagement in advance care planning (ACP) is seen as fundamental for ensuring the highest standard of care for children and young people with a life-limiting condition (LLC). However, most families have little knowledge or experience of ACP. OBJECTIVE To investigate how parents of children and young people with LLCs approach and experience ACP. METHODS Open-ended, semi-stru...

Parents' Perspectives on "Keeping Their Children Safe" in the Hospital.

This study explored parents' perspectives regarding their involvement in safety for their hospitalized children. We employed qualitative description and semistructured interviews of parents of children in an urban tertiary hospital ward. Content analysis revealed 4 parent themes: risks to child safety and comfort, hospital role as a protector, participation in safety varies by individual and or...

Keeping drivers together and vehicles apart – a systems approach to understanding the conflicts in VANET applications

This paper reviews a range of problems in the road transport field, and the potential role of the vehicular ad hoc network system (VANETs) in helping to solve them. In reality, the communications requirements vary widely from one application to the next, in terms of range, latency, and connectivity together with vehicle and roadside hardware. Applications that promise the greatest safety benefi...