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Parenting Research

Parenting Research

Parental distress and family conflict are recognized as risk factors for violence against children which have an effect on children’s development and wellbeing. In humanitarian settings the breakdown of infrastructure and social networks in conflict and disaster settings diminishes the capacity of caregivers to provide adequate care and protection of children. The IRC child protection team recognizes  that positive parent-child relationships can be a factor in protecting children at risk and lower the risk of  violence against children. Crucial to this is building systems of child protection by strengthening  the layers in a child’s wider ecology beginning  with the family. Below  under specific resources are some of the research related towards strengthening this parent-child relationship that the child protection team has worked on.

SPECIFIC RESOURCES

Journal Article-Family-strengthening interventions in humanitarian contexts

Research Brief-New Generation Project-Burundi

Research Brief-Happy Families Program-Thailand

Research Brief-Families Make the Difference-Liberia

Factsheet-Parents make the difference-Liberia

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