(HealthNewsDigest.com) – While having a child attend a private school or school with above-average instructional quality was associated with better mental health of parents during the COVID-19 pandemic….
Category: Parenting
Parental Domestic Violence in Childhood Linked to Mental Illness in Adulthood
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A new study from the University of Toronto found that one-fifth (22.5%) of adults who were exposed to chronic parental domestic violence during childhood developed a major depressive disorder at some point in their life.
Density of Bars, Restaurants Affects Parents’ Alcohol Use
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – COLUMBUS, Ohio – Past research has shown that people drink more frequently and drink higher amounts of alcohol when they have more bars and restaurants in the neighborhoods where they live.
Parents Need to Know About Kids and COVID-19
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Already weary from two years of navigating parenthood during a pandemic, parents are facing a new stress: What to think about surging numbers of kids diagnosed and hospitalized with COVID-19.
Willing and Able Father Faces the Termination of his Parental Rights
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania – (January 18, 2022) – The child welfare and family court systems are supposed to protect children and promote strong families.
Holiday Survival Tips for Divorced Parents
(HealtNewsDigest.com) – STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania – (December 9, 2021) – Many people find this time of the year to be more stressful, because they are busy trying to fit in so much around the holidays.
Signs of Healthy Coparenting
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania – (October 19, 2021) – Roughly 23% of children in the country live in a home with just one of their parents, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Half of Chicago Parents Support COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A majority of Chicago parents feel that schools and employers should be able to require students and employees to be vaccinated for COVID-19
Divorcing Parents to Successfully Co-Parent
(HealthNewsDigest,com) – STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania – (October 7, 2021) – According to the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), one out of every two marriages ends in divorce.
Black Parents – Hesitancy About COVID-19 Vaccine for Children Highest Among
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Nearly half of Black parents (48 percent) were hesitant about the COVID-19 vaccine for their child, compared to 33 percent of Latinx parents and 26 percent of white parents….
Parents of Teens Are Purchasing Firearms During the Pandemic
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, more parents of teenagers in the United States started buying firearms, according to a recent study.
Paid Parental Leave – People Across the World Favor
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – COLUMBUS, Ohio – Although the United States is the only wealthy nation that doesn’t guarantee paid leave to mothers or fathers after the arrival of a new child….
Abused as Children Parents May Pass on Emotional Issues
(HealthNewsDigest.cm) – Childhood abuse and trauma are linked to many health issues in adulthood.
Paid Maternity Leave Has Long-term Health Benefits
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A study of women who were new mothers in the late 1970s found that those who were given longer, paid maternity leave lived healthier lives as they entered middle age.
Screen Time, Emotional Health Among Parents’ Top Concerns for Kids During the Pandemic
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Parenting in a pandemic is not for the faint of heart.
Parents of 1 in 2 Unvaccinated U.S. Adolescents Have No Intention to Initiate HPV Vaccine
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Study results documenting parental hesitancy to begin and complete their child’s HPV vaccine series were published in The Lancet Public Health by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).
Talking with Parents Empowers Latino Youths to Engage in Community
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – ANN ARBOR—When Latino youths lend their voices to political causes—from immigration policies that have separated families to recent Black Lives Matter protests—their resilience originates from home.
Challenging Yet Positive Parenting Style Benefits Children’s Development
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – When one talks about parenting, an image of the sensitive, caring mother—but not father—responding to a young child’s emotional needs often comes to mind.
Study Finds Parent-Led Discussion about Mutual Strengths Benefits Parent-Teen Communication
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Philadelphia, May 19, 2020—A primary care-based intervention to promote parent-teen communication led to less distress and increased positive emotions among adolescents….
Dear Parents: You Aren’t Perfect & That’s Just Fine
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Dear parents, you probably won’t have time to read this, thanks to COVID-19.