Parental Connectedness: Effects of Good Parenting

This is the tenth and final post in a series of blogs about the benefits of connectedness between parents and children.A research report in 2005, from the journal known as Current Opinion in Pediatrics, explored different parenting practices and how they influence risky behaviors among youth. Researchers reviewed an abundant amount of literature on parenting and…

Parental Connectedness – What Parents Provide

This is the fourth a series of blogs about the benefits of what research refers to as connectedness.Since parent-child connectedness is defined by the quality of the emotional bond between parents/guardians and their children, by how mutual their bonding is, and by how long it lasts over time - it’s helpful to outline some important…