Teens are becoming more independent, but they still need their parents' love, support, and guidance. This tip sheet helps parents understand typical teen behavior. It offers suggestions for how parents can use simple, everyday activities to reinforce their connection with their teens and show they care.
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This information toolkit contains resources for preventing child abuse and neglect in Nebraska. The Rethink Your Reaction Campaign includes posters, brochures, and newspaper ads in English and Spanish, activities, radio ads, and promotional materials. Materials urge parents to keep a sense of humor when raising children, find time to talk to children, and ask for support. In addition, parent tip sheets are included that address: bonding, parenting strategies for fathers, tantrums, strategies for grandparents, connecting with teens, and parenting strategies for teen parents. Campaign logos are…
Just as little gestures and quick compliments can have a tremendous positive influence on a child's life, so too can small actions bring about a significant impact on household expenses and the environment we share with our children. You don't need to make dramatic adjustments in your day-to-day behavior to see results. By starting with easy-to-do changes at home, you have the opportunity to keep more money in your pocket -- or spend some of your savings on a fun activity with your kids -- while you help protect the quality of the environment we'll leave to the next generation. (Author…
Whether you take to the field (or local park, back yard, or driveway) or just huddle on the sofa in front of the TV, sharing the fun of football game day is a great way to spend time with your children. From tots to teens, kids will benefit from being part of a family team whose quarterback is an active, interested, and supportive dad. If your goal is to build or strengthen a healthy, positive relationship with your children, enjoying football can give you a common turf and opportunities for interaction and simply being together.Don't be sidelined by not knowing football's fundamentals. This…
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This brief provides practical guidance to CASA volunteers on working with and involving fathers in child welfare cases.
This factsheet explores the relationship between father involvement and child gender. It reviews findings from research studies that indicate the gender of a child has important implications for father involvement, both the quantity and type of father involvement vary by gender, and this involvement may affect sons and daughters differently. Studies suggest that father-son relationships are stronger and involve more closeness than do father-daughter relationships; fathers differentiate between male and female children more so than mothers; fathers are more likely than are mothers to…
This factsheet explores the relationship between the characteristics of men's families of origin and their own marital relationships and involvement with their own children. It reviews findings from research studies that indicate both the current state of men's marriages and the nature of their involvement in their children's lives may be shaped to a significant degree by the relationship and parenting models fathers experienced in their families of origin. Studies suggest that characteristics of the family of origin influence the timing of men's transitions into fatherhood; marital…
This factsheet explores the relationship between social support and father involvement. It reviews findings from research studies that indicate fathers who report having high levels of social support experience better psychological well-being and demonstrate more positive patterns of father involvement and coparenting. Studies suggest spousal/partner support is positively associated with fathers' well-being; high levels of program support are associated with higher reports of fathers' parenting skills; fathers who report high levels of tangible or instrumental support report better well-…
This factsheet explores the relationship between father involvement and child disability. It reviews findings from research studies that indicate having a child with a disability may have important implications for fathers' well-being and involvement with their children. Research is cited that indicates having a child with a disability has adverse effects on fathers' well-being, while other studies are cited that have failed to support the idea that fathers of children with disabilities have lower levels of well-being than do fathers of typical children, and suggest that fathers may derive…
This factsheet explores the relationship between men's pregnancy intentions with the quantity and quality of fathers' later involvement with their children and partners, and for child well-being. Research is cited that indicates men who report that a partner's pregnancy was unintended are likely to exhibit lower levels and poorer quality of involvement with their children following birth. In addition, men's pregnancy intentions are associated with the quality of the father-mother relationship and with children's cognitive and socioemotional well-being. Studies suggest: men whose…
