A family systems approach to parental alienation is recommended, involving victims and perpetrator.
Child & Family Blog EditorFebruary 2019
Here we present articles on child abuse and harsh parenting and the impacts of this during early childhood development. Themes include the impact of corporal punishment and violent abuse on children and their future development. Child abuse and harsh parenting is a focus topic of the Child & Family Blog and we have commissioned a series of feature articles from the world’s leading researchers.
Science can now confirm, albeit cautiously, that the best interests of children are commensurate with a legal presumption of shared parenting after divorce.
Child & Family Blog EditorOctober 2018
Do children really benefit from shared parenting after divorce? The experts say yes: over 50 recent studies have demonstrated this.
Child & Family Blog EditorOctober 2018
Long-term impacts of play deprivation during early child development include isolation, depression, reduced self-control and poor resilience.
Stuart BrownOctober 2018
Early childhood development: the brain, genetics, physical development, executive function, neglect and relationships.
Duncan Fisher OBEMay 2018
Children who have suffered multiple abuse are six times as likely as non-abused children to be vulnerable in several developmental domains.
Child & Family Blog EditorNovember 2017
Family services should pay careful attention to the mother father / stepfather relationship in the families in their care.
Child & Family Blog EditorMarch 2017
But many victims of abuse go on to enjoy happy marriages, finds study of links between partner characteristics and relationship satisfaction.
Teresa NguyenJuly 2016
