"Children whose parents use "harsh" physical punishment such as slapping or shoving may end up in relatively poorer physical health as adults, a new study suggests. "Researchers found that of more than 34,000 U.S. adults in a government health study,...
"Regular readers of this blog will have encountered periodic posts on how adverse childhood experiences can lead to health problems later in life. A recently published study in Pediatrics weighs in on this issue with evidence that corporal punishment...
A bstract BACKGROUND: Abused children's internal working models (IWM) of relationships are known to relate to their socioemotional adjustment, but mechanisms through which negative representations increase vulnerability to maladjustment have not been...
I have spent some time on Robbyn 's stopspanking.org site. I watched her documentary trailer. It got me thinking about this question which I started asking children a few years back. Here is a little of my writing on that question......
"Florida Department of Corrections’ Secretary Michael Crews and Sesame Street met at Polk Correctional Institution today and announced a partnership with the longtime children’s program based on their new resource Little Children, Big...
Hear the success stories of how the Children's Bureau and local CBCAP programs are working to support families and build strong communities. https://www.childwelfare.gov/preventing/preventionmonth/videogallery/cbcap.cfm Short on...
[Must-listen] "Human memory is a sensory experience says psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk. Through his longtime research and innovation in trauma treatment, he shares what he's learning how bodywork like yoga or eye movement therapy can restore a sense of goodness and safety. And what he’s learning speaks to a resilience we can all cultivate in the face of the overwhelming events that after all make up the drama of culture, of news, of life ." Website :...
"A UCLA-led study of HIV-positive women who were sexually abused as children has found that the more severe their past trauma, the greater their improvement in an intervention program designed to ease their psychological suffering. "The study,...
"Resilience is the ability to deal with life’s ups and downs with strength and optimism. Even when life knocks them down, resilient people just keep on coming back! "In our world today, resilience is what we want for ourselves and our children....
Abstract This study examined the impact of child neglect during the first 4 years of life on adaptation to school during kindergarten and first grade in the context of neighborhood poverty (NP). Processes related to the development of school...
"A new study by psychology researchers suggests that whether parents are gay, lesbian or straight, how well they work together as a couple and support each other in parenting is linked to fewer behavior problems among their adopted children and is...
"War veterans struggling with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are increasingly turning to alternative therapies in an effort to overcome the psychological scars left by conflict.... "Eventually he found the answer to his problems lay within and...
"The severe social and economic adversity faced by Aboriginal peoples may affect their biological health. In a first-of-its-kind study, University of Lethbridge researchers will examine the relationship between unrelenting stress and...
"High stress among Indigenous children in urban areas is linked to poorer physical health and more parental concern about behavioural issues, a new study has found. "Of 344 participating children, 51% had experienced at least one stressful event,...