The document discusses the impact of parental drinking on children. It notes that children are affected by any problems experienced by their parents, including alcohol and drug misuse, domestic violence, and mental health issues. Parental drinking can negatively impact attachment between parent and child and family stability. Keeping children's well-being as the top priority often means supporting parents and keeping families together through multi-agency cooperation between services working with both children and adults with alcohol problems.
The document discusses issues facing single parents in the UK based on a presentation by the Chief Executive of Gingerbread. It finds that 1.9 million single parents care for 3 million children, with most being female-led families. Single parents face higher risks of poverty, with over half living in poverty compared to only 20% of couple families. They also struggle with stigma and balancing parenting alone while maintaining contact with the non-resident parent. The presentation calls for more support for single parents through their parenting and maternity experiences.
This document discusses the issue of parents working abroad and leaving their children behind in countries like the Philippines, Romania, and Sri Lanka. It notes that better job opportunities and pay overseas compel many parents to leave their families for years. This has negative impacts on the children's mental health, education, and behavior. In Romania specifically, over 80,000 families have both parents working abroad, leaving the children without parental supervision or support. The document discusses potential solutions like parents starting local businesses, returning home annually, or communicating regularly via video calls. Overall, it presents the problem of transnational labor migration separating families and urges cooperation between countries to better protect both migrant workers and their left-behind children.
This document summarizes research on parenting in divorced and remarried families. It discusses the grief process after divorce, factors that influence adjustment, common reactions in children and parents, and long-term consequences for children. It also outlines challenges and tasks in stepfamilies, different stepfamily types (neotraditional, matriarchal, romantic), crises and changes over time, and qualities associated with successful stepfamily relationships.
This document discusses threats to families from D SPEARS, which stands for disintegration of family, substance abuse, parental absenteeism, economic difficulties, absence of family goals and deteriorating values, rising incidence of early sexual involvement and teenage pregnancies, and strong negative influence of media on the family. It provides information on how these threats can damage families by causing issues like parental absenteeism, economic hardship for children, and exposure to unhealthy influences. The document also discusses ways to educate children about avoiding drugs and maintaining family solidarity despite challenges.
Webster's New World Dictionary defines parenting as work or skill of a parent in raising a child or children. The same definition applies to single parenting, except in this case the single parent assumes the role of both father and mother. There are a number of circumstances that lead to single parenting: divorce, separation, abandonment, and death.
This document discusses single parent families. It defines a single parent family as one headed by a widowed, divorced, or unmarried parent with children under 18. Common causes of single parenthood include divorce, death of a spouse, teenage pregnancy, adoption, and donor insemination. Effects on children can include lower academic achievement due to less attention, emotional issues from living in poverty, but positive effects like strong responsibility skills are also possible depending on other factors. Advantages include sole decision making ability and more bonding time with children, while disadvantages involve financial problems, potential emotional issues for children, loneliness, healthcare costs, and high stress levels.
Being a single parent can be stressful as one person is responsible for all childcare duties. This can lead to pressure, stress, fatigue, and potentially behavioral issues in children if the parent is overwhelmed. Single-parent families also typically have lower incomes and less access to healthcare. However, single parents can reduce stress by showing their child love, creating routines, prioritizing family time, leaning on support systems, and staying positive.
The document discusses issues facing single parents in the UK based on a presentation by the Chief Executive of Gingerbread. It finds that 1.9 million single parents care for 3 million children, with most being female-led families. Single parents face higher risks of poverty, with over half living in poverty compared to only 20% of couple families. They also struggle with stigma and balancing parenting alone while maintaining contact with the non-resident parent. The presentation calls for more support for single parents through their parenting and maternity experiences.
This document discusses the issue of parents working abroad and leaving their children behind in countries like the Philippines, Romania, and Sri Lanka. It notes that better job opportunities and pay overseas compel many parents to leave their families for years. This has negative impacts on the children's mental health, education, and behavior. In Romania specifically, over 80,000 families have both parents working abroad, leaving the children without parental supervision or support. The document discusses potential solutions like parents starting local businesses, returning home annually, or communicating regularly via video calls. Overall, it presents the problem of transnational labor migration separating families and urges cooperation between countries to better protect both migrant workers and their left-behind children.
This document summarizes research on parenting in divorced and remarried families. It discusses the grief process after divorce, factors that influence adjustment, common reactions in children and parents, and long-term consequences for children. It also outlines challenges and tasks in stepfamilies, different stepfamily types (neotraditional, matriarchal, romantic), crises and changes over time, and qualities associated with successful stepfamily relationships.
This document discusses threats to families from D SPEARS, which stands for disintegration of family, substance abuse, parental absenteeism, economic difficulties, absence of family goals and deteriorating values, rising incidence of early sexual involvement and teenage pregnancies, and strong negative influence of media on the family. It provides information on how these threats can damage families by causing issues like parental absenteeism, economic hardship for children, and exposure to unhealthy influences. The document also discusses ways to educate children about avoiding drugs and maintaining family solidarity despite challenges.
Webster's New World Dictionary defines parenting as work or skill of a parent in raising a child or children. The same definition applies to single parenting, except in this case the single parent assumes the role of both father and mother. There are a number of circumstances that lead to single parenting: divorce, separation, abandonment, and death.
This document discusses single parent families. It defines a single parent family as one headed by a widowed, divorced, or unmarried parent with children under 18. Common causes of single parenthood include divorce, death of a spouse, teenage pregnancy, adoption, and donor insemination. Effects on children can include lower academic achievement due to less attention, emotional issues from living in poverty, but positive effects like strong responsibility skills are also possible depending on other factors. Advantages include sole decision making ability and more bonding time with children, while disadvantages involve financial problems, potential emotional issues for children, loneliness, healthcare costs, and high stress levels.
Being a single parent can be stressful as one person is responsible for all childcare duties. This can lead to pressure, stress, fatigue, and potentially behavioral issues in children if the parent is overwhelmed. Single-parent families also typically have lower incomes and less access to healthcare. However, single parents can reduce stress by showing their child love, creating routines, prioritizing family time, leaning on support systems, and staying positive.
The document discusses the causes and effects of broken homes. Broken homes refer to families where the parents are divorced or separated. Common causes of broken homes include lack of communication between spouses, interference from friends or family, addictions like alcohol or gambling, and unfaithfulness. Major effects of broken homes are on children, including disturbed relationships with parents, lower academic achievement, and feelings of anxiety and guilt.
The document discusses single parenthood, which occurs when a child is cared for by one dominant parent. Common causes include a boyfriend leaving after a pregnancy, divorce where one parent doesn't want the children, and pre-marital pregnancy. Challenges for single parents include making ends meet, power struggles, visitation, and joint custody issues. Some assistance programs that help single parents include monetary support, child care subsidies, low income home energy assistance, WIC, and TANF. The document suggests helping single parents through donations to give them more time with their children or encouraging them to remarry.
This document discusses the causes and effects of broken homes. It defines a broken home as a family where the parents are divorced or separated. Common causes of broken homes include lack of communication, unfaithfulness, interference from family or friends, and addictions. Major effects are on children, including disturbed relationships with parents, lower academic achievement, and feelings of anxiety and guilt. The document stresses that divorces do not have to happen if couples address reasons for divorce by improving communication and avoiding addictions.
Multimedia presentationa- Family problemsSarah Cobby
This document discusses two types of family problems - child abuse and intimate partner violence and abuse. Regarding child abuse, it identifies different types including physical, mental, and sexual abuse. Factors that contribute to child abuse include poverty, unemployment, and family violence. Intimate partner violence most commonly affects women ages 15-24 and can be caused by issues like alcohol abuse and poverty. Both forms of abuse can result in short and long-term physical and mental health effects for victims.
A teenage love affair can shape personal values and improve interpersonal skills through emotional support and control, providing advantages to a healthy relationship. However, parents may interfere due to seeing relationships as distractions or fearing bad effects, which can cause rebellion, mistrust and family issues as disadvantages. Successful communication and emotional control from both parents and teens can help address problems from parental interference.
Modern Filipino families face several issues as millions of Filipino workers leave their children to be raised by other family members. Living arrangements can include married couples living with extended family, unmarried couples living together, or married couples who cannot bear children. These non-traditional family structures can cause problems like a lack of attention, closeness, or financial issues for children from broken or step-families. Relationship problems between family members can also arise from issues like jealousy, substance abuse, unemployment, cultural differences, or disagreements. The document provides recommendations for dealing with family problems such as communicating openly, accepting differences, spending quality time together, making plans, seeking counseling, and attending skills-building workshops.
This document discusses the importance of educating youth, especially adolescents, about healthy relationships in order to prevent teen dating violence. It provides an example of how a high school student was helped by her friends after her boyfriend forced a kiss on her. The document encourages addressing healthy dating with pre-teens and teens to help instill actions that prevent teen dating violence.
The document discusses developing a national communications campaign in the UK to address underage drinking. It outlines research that found parents have more influence over youth drinking behaviors than they realize. The campaign aims to educate parents and encourage earlier conversations about alcohol before youth form drinking patterns. Focus groups identified seven key parent segments to target tailored messaging toward in order to change social norms and parenting behaviors around underage drinking.
Single parent families have increased substantially in recent years and are usually mother-only, with the mother raising children alone due to divorce, death of a partner, or other reasons. Single parenting is extremely challenging as single parents must handle all parenting tasks and responsibilities alone, and a lack of support from friends or family can cause such stress that a single parent loses custody of their children.
Divorce is a legal process that dissolves a marriage and restores individuals to single status. No-fault divorce does not require proof of wrongdoing. Around 50% of first marriages, 67% of second, and 74% of third marriages end in divorce. Children of divorced parents are more likely to have problems in school, abuse substances, and divorce as adults. After divorce, 90% of mothers have custody while divorced men struggle with relationships and debt. Divorce rates vary globally with the US having the highest rate at 4.95 per 1000 people. Around 25% of mainline Protestants and Catholics have been divorced. Some argue polygamy provides stability and childcare support while others say it goes against
Sole parent families face significant challenges in meeting their needs for financial support, access to services, security and safety, employment, housing, and other resources. The ability of sole parents to access resources is influenced by their gender, socioeconomic status, location, and other demographic factors. Women heading sole parent families in particular struggle due to lower incomes and challenges balancing work and parenting responsibilities alone. Location also greatly impacts access to resources, with rural sole parents facing greater difficulties.
1. The document discusses how drugs and alcohol have become firmly entrenched in high school culture, with alarming numbers of students trying substances at younger ages despite anti-drug programs.
2. It notes the social and peer pressures students face each day around substance use and the risk of social exclusion, as well as increasing sexual assaults at parties where drugs like rohypnol are used.
3. Many students also struggle with mental health issues like depression and anxiety, which impacts their school performance and causes disruption, though some issues may be exaggerated for attention. Overall the culture of high schools has become increasingly stressful with less support for students.
The family is the most vital unit in society but lately more families are becoming dysfunctional or collapsing. Dysfunctional families can lead to abuse and harm children, spouses, and the elderly. Family break-up includes divorce and family members leaving. Poverty, stress, social problems like addiction and gambling can cause family collapse as parents may act violently. Lack of religious education can also weaken family structure by removing restraints on behavior. Steps to overcome break-up include providing low-cost housing, increasing parental involvement in social activities, and raising awareness through media about the importance of strong family bonds.
This is a Persuasive Speech for SP111 at Mt. Hood Community College about Single-Parent Families needing Respect, because Single-Parent families can be very successful, not all the negativity it is portrayed to be.
K101.3 C.E.O PLATINUM is committed to community service. For more than 5 years
K101.3 has been working to improve the lives of low income single parent homes
through food and clothing drives, to spirtual, financial and relationship counseling and career development.
This document discusses the benefits of marriage preparation education. It notes that marriage preparation helps develop character and relationship skills, which are the foundation for strong and lasting marriages. Marriage preparation education has been shown to increase individual happiness, family stability, and national strength. Overall, the document advocates for education on topics like healthy relationships, communication, conflict resolution, and service as ways to foster successful marriages.
The document discusses the problems that teenage relationships can cause, such as increased obligations, isolation from friends, and the risks of premarital sex and unwanted pregnancy. It notes that having a relationship at a young age can distract from school and dreams. The author recommends that teenagers instead focus on clubs, activities, and family to avoid the disadvantages of early romantic relationships.
Literature Review of Family Breakdown-David MetaloroDavid Metaloro
The document discusses factors related to family breakdown and its effects on children. It provides definitions of key concepts like family, family breakdown, and children. It also discusses different types of families and stages of marital conflict. Several ideas on family breakdown are presented, including that it often leads to social, economic, and moral decline as children lack stable home environments and learn unhealthy relationship patterns. Breakdown of the traditional nuclear family is seen as underlying many social problems today such as crime, drug use, and out-of-wedlock births which impose high public costs. Intact families with married parents are viewed as best for children's development.
Divorce can negatively impact children in several ways. When parents announce a divorce, children experience heightened stress which can lead to strained family relationships and problems at school and with peers. Studies show children of divorced parents face greater risks of academic, behavioral, and psychological issues. To help mitigate these effects, parents should calmly discuss the divorce with their children, ensure the kids understand the divorce is not their fault, and that their parents' love for them remains. While divorce increases certain risks for children, most are able to lead happy, normal lives with support from their parents.
Challenges and Threats to Filipino Familiesgraecha
Disintegration of families, juvenile delinquency, domestic violence, substance abuse, dangers of drugs, ways to help children say "NO' to drugs, parental absenteeism, economic difficulties, absence of family goals and values, early sexual involvement, negative influence of media. A POPCOM Learning Package on Parent Education on Adolescent and Health and Development.
This document discusses the impact of parental substance use on children. It reports that millions of children globally are affected by a parent's alcohol or drug use, which can negatively impact children's development, well-being, and increase their risk of developing substance use problems themselves. Parental substance use is associated with issues like neglect, abuse, disrupted routines, and domestic violence. It outlines strategies to help protect children and the importance of support services for families struggling with addiction.
The document discusses the causes and effects of broken homes. Broken homes refer to families where the parents are divorced or separated. Common causes of broken homes include lack of communication between spouses, interference from friends or family, addictions like alcohol or gambling, and unfaithfulness. Major effects of broken homes are on children, including disturbed relationships with parents, lower academic achievement, and feelings of anxiety and guilt.
The document discusses single parenthood, which occurs when a child is cared for by one dominant parent. Common causes include a boyfriend leaving after a pregnancy, divorce where one parent doesn't want the children, and pre-marital pregnancy. Challenges for single parents include making ends meet, power struggles, visitation, and joint custody issues. Some assistance programs that help single parents include monetary support, child care subsidies, low income home energy assistance, WIC, and TANF. The document suggests helping single parents through donations to give them more time with their children or encouraging them to remarry.
This document discusses the causes and effects of broken homes. It defines a broken home as a family where the parents are divorced or separated. Common causes of broken homes include lack of communication, unfaithfulness, interference from family or friends, and addictions. Major effects are on children, including disturbed relationships with parents, lower academic achievement, and feelings of anxiety and guilt. The document stresses that divorces do not have to happen if couples address reasons for divorce by improving communication and avoiding addictions.
Multimedia presentationa- Family problemsSarah Cobby
This document discusses two types of family problems - child abuse and intimate partner violence and abuse. Regarding child abuse, it identifies different types including physical, mental, and sexual abuse. Factors that contribute to child abuse include poverty, unemployment, and family violence. Intimate partner violence most commonly affects women ages 15-24 and can be caused by issues like alcohol abuse and poverty. Both forms of abuse can result in short and long-term physical and mental health effects for victims.
A teenage love affair can shape personal values and improve interpersonal skills through emotional support and control, providing advantages to a healthy relationship. However, parents may interfere due to seeing relationships as distractions or fearing bad effects, which can cause rebellion, mistrust and family issues as disadvantages. Successful communication and emotional control from both parents and teens can help address problems from parental interference.
Modern Filipino families face several issues as millions of Filipino workers leave their children to be raised by other family members. Living arrangements can include married couples living with extended family, unmarried couples living together, or married couples who cannot bear children. These non-traditional family structures can cause problems like a lack of attention, closeness, or financial issues for children from broken or step-families. Relationship problems between family members can also arise from issues like jealousy, substance abuse, unemployment, cultural differences, or disagreements. The document provides recommendations for dealing with family problems such as communicating openly, accepting differences, spending quality time together, making plans, seeking counseling, and attending skills-building workshops.
This document discusses the importance of educating youth, especially adolescents, about healthy relationships in order to prevent teen dating violence. It provides an example of how a high school student was helped by her friends after her boyfriend forced a kiss on her. The document encourages addressing healthy dating with pre-teens and teens to help instill actions that prevent teen dating violence.
The document discusses developing a national communications campaign in the UK to address underage drinking. It outlines research that found parents have more influence over youth drinking behaviors than they realize. The campaign aims to educate parents and encourage earlier conversations about alcohol before youth form drinking patterns. Focus groups identified seven key parent segments to target tailored messaging toward in order to change social norms and parenting behaviors around underage drinking.
Single parent families have increased substantially in recent years and are usually mother-only, with the mother raising children alone due to divorce, death of a partner, or other reasons. Single parenting is extremely challenging as single parents must handle all parenting tasks and responsibilities alone, and a lack of support from friends or family can cause such stress that a single parent loses custody of their children.
Divorce is a legal process that dissolves a marriage and restores individuals to single status. No-fault divorce does not require proof of wrongdoing. Around 50% of first marriages, 67% of second, and 74% of third marriages end in divorce. Children of divorced parents are more likely to have problems in school, abuse substances, and divorce as adults. After divorce, 90% of mothers have custody while divorced men struggle with relationships and debt. Divorce rates vary globally with the US having the highest rate at 4.95 per 1000 people. Around 25% of mainline Protestants and Catholics have been divorced. Some argue polygamy provides stability and childcare support while others say it goes against
Sole parent families face significant challenges in meeting their needs for financial support, access to services, security and safety, employment, housing, and other resources. The ability of sole parents to access resources is influenced by their gender, socioeconomic status, location, and other demographic factors. Women heading sole parent families in particular struggle due to lower incomes and challenges balancing work and parenting responsibilities alone. Location also greatly impacts access to resources, with rural sole parents facing greater difficulties.
1. The document discusses how drugs and alcohol have become firmly entrenched in high school culture, with alarming numbers of students trying substances at younger ages despite anti-drug programs.
2. It notes the social and peer pressures students face each day around substance use and the risk of social exclusion, as well as increasing sexual assaults at parties where drugs like rohypnol are used.
3. Many students also struggle with mental health issues like depression and anxiety, which impacts their school performance and causes disruption, though some issues may be exaggerated for attention. Overall the culture of high schools has become increasingly stressful with less support for students.
The family is the most vital unit in society but lately more families are becoming dysfunctional or collapsing. Dysfunctional families can lead to abuse and harm children, spouses, and the elderly. Family break-up includes divorce and family members leaving. Poverty, stress, social problems like addiction and gambling can cause family collapse as parents may act violently. Lack of religious education can also weaken family structure by removing restraints on behavior. Steps to overcome break-up include providing low-cost housing, increasing parental involvement in social activities, and raising awareness through media about the importance of strong family bonds.
This is a Persuasive Speech for SP111 at Mt. Hood Community College about Single-Parent Families needing Respect, because Single-Parent families can be very successful, not all the negativity it is portrayed to be.
K101.3 C.E.O PLATINUM is committed to community service. For more than 5 years
K101.3 has been working to improve the lives of low income single parent homes
through food and clothing drives, to spirtual, financial and relationship counseling and career development.
This document discusses the benefits of marriage preparation education. It notes that marriage preparation helps develop character and relationship skills, which are the foundation for strong and lasting marriages. Marriage preparation education has been shown to increase individual happiness, family stability, and national strength. Overall, the document advocates for education on topics like healthy relationships, communication, conflict resolution, and service as ways to foster successful marriages.
The document discusses the problems that teenage relationships can cause, such as increased obligations, isolation from friends, and the risks of premarital sex and unwanted pregnancy. It notes that having a relationship at a young age can distract from school and dreams. The author recommends that teenagers instead focus on clubs, activities, and family to avoid the disadvantages of early romantic relationships.
Literature Review of Family Breakdown-David MetaloroDavid Metaloro
The document discusses factors related to family breakdown and its effects on children. It provides definitions of key concepts like family, family breakdown, and children. It also discusses different types of families and stages of marital conflict. Several ideas on family breakdown are presented, including that it often leads to social, economic, and moral decline as children lack stable home environments and learn unhealthy relationship patterns. Breakdown of the traditional nuclear family is seen as underlying many social problems today such as crime, drug use, and out-of-wedlock births which impose high public costs. Intact families with married parents are viewed as best for children's development.
Divorce can negatively impact children in several ways. When parents announce a divorce, children experience heightened stress which can lead to strained family relationships and problems at school and with peers. Studies show children of divorced parents face greater risks of academic, behavioral, and psychological issues. To help mitigate these effects, parents should calmly discuss the divorce with their children, ensure the kids understand the divorce is not their fault, and that their parents' love for them remains. While divorce increases certain risks for children, most are able to lead happy, normal lives with support from their parents.
Challenges and Threats to Filipino Familiesgraecha
Disintegration of families, juvenile delinquency, domestic violence, substance abuse, dangers of drugs, ways to help children say "NO' to drugs, parental absenteeism, economic difficulties, absence of family goals and values, early sexual involvement, negative influence of media. A POPCOM Learning Package on Parent Education on Adolescent and Health and Development.
This document discusses the impact of parental substance use on children. It reports that millions of children globally are affected by a parent's alcohol or drug use, which can negatively impact children's development, well-being, and increase their risk of developing substance use problems themselves. Parental substance use is associated with issues like neglect, abuse, disrupted routines, and domestic violence. It outlines strategies to help protect children and the importance of support services for families struggling with addiction.
The document discusses the impact of marital conflict on children, including when destructive conflict tactics like physical aggression, insults, or hostility are used in front of children. While parents may try to shield children, research finds children are usually present for domestic disputes. Witnessing certain types of conflict can negatively impact children's development. The document advocates for constructive conflict resolution like calm discussion and compromise when children are present. As youth professionals, we must be aware that conflict children witness at home can short and long-term effects, so promoting healthy relationships is important.
A Family Affair? Supporting Children Living With Parental Substance MisuseAlcoholActionIreland
This document discusses the harms of parental substance abuse on children. It notes that around 109,000 Irish children are negatively affected by parental drinking. The impacts on children include fear, anxiety, conflict, and taking on parental responsibilities. The document calls for a public health approach including a Hidden Harm Action Plan to address the needs of affected children and families through interagency cooperation and family support services.
School Counselling: Collaboratively Responding to adolescent fallout from co...FRSA Communications
This document discusses challenges facing adolescents and families today, including financial stress, family breakdown, substance use, and decreased time spent with children. It notes that family and school connectedness can help address issues like mental health problems and disengagement. Barriers to help seeking include stigma, confidentiality concerns, and a preference to solve problems independently. The document advocates for increased collaboration between family services and schools to engage vulnerable youth and families, promote help seeking, and improve outcomes through early intervention.
The document discusses different types of family structures and how they have changed over time. It covers nuclear families, single-parent families, blended families, and same-sex couples. It also discusses factors that influence family dynamics like parenting styles, sibling relationships, and the socioeconomic context of the family. Children's development can be impacted by the type of family structure they grow up in as well as the interactions within their family.
Casenote Parental Alcohol And Drug MisuseThomas Müller
Children who contact ChildLine often discuss serious issues related to their parents' alcohol and drug abuse. According to ChildLine records, over 6,000 children between 2008-2009 discussed their parents' substance abuse issues. Children described physical abuse, neglect, and taking on caregiver responsibilities for younger siblings or intoxicated parents. They experienced fear, worry, and felt they had no one else to turn to for help. Twice as many children discussed their mothers' or fathers' alcohol abuse compared to drug abuse. Children living with substance abuse were also more likely to report their own drug or alcohol use compared to children calling about other issues.
20 million units of alcohol are consumed weekly by 11 to 17 year olds in the UK. Starting to drink at a young age is associated with higher risks of alcohol dependence and other harms as an adult. An alcohol-free childhood is the healthiest option, but parental guidance can help reduce risks if 15 to 17 year olds do drink. Frequent or binge drinking should be avoided, and daily drinking limits for adults should not be exceeded. Parents have significant influence over children's drinking, so they require advice on appropriate monitoring and rule-setting regarding alcohol use. Support services are also needed for young people and parents dealing with alcohol-related problems.
This document discusses families and relationships. It states that families form interacting systems where parents and children influence each other bidirectionally. Parents socialize children through direct instruction, modeling, feedback, reinforcement, and punishment. Effective parenting involves warmth and appropriate control. Children are also influenced by parenting styles like authoritative, authoritarian, indulgent, and uninvolved. Divorce can negatively impact children's development, though effects depend on age and parental cooperation. Play benefits children's social and emotional development.
This document discusses the important role that families play in caring for children with epilepsy. It describes how parenting a child with a chronic health condition can be challenging, as parents must balance discipline with accommodating the child's limitations. Seeking support from medical professionals and support groups is vital for the well-being of both the child and parents. The key role of the family is advocating for the child's needs with their physician and noting any side effects of medications in order to make the best decisions for the patient.
This document discusses the important role that parents play in preventing teen drug and alcohol use. It emphasizes that parents who communicate clearly about the risks of substance use and monitor their teen's activities and friends can significantly reduce the likelihood that their teen will use drugs or alcohol. The document provides tips for how parents can communicate effectively with their teen, monitor their activities, and address potential issues around substance use if detected. It stresses that parents have significant influence and should not be afraid to talk to their teens about important issues.
The document discusses several risk factors for adverse childhood experiences, including domestic abuse, substance abuse, parental mental illness, and poverty. It then summarizes research from the Adverse Childhood Experiences study, which found strong links between these risk factors in childhood and negative health outcomes later in life, such as heart disease, cancer, chronic lung disease, and substance abuse. Initial evaluations of programs to help families experiencing these issues show improvements in parents' protective behaviors and children's self-esteem, though more data is still needed to demonstrate reductions in behavioral problems.
Exposure to domestic abuse can profoundly impact children's development and mental health. Around a quarter of children witness domestic abuse, and 6% experience severe abuse. Exposure to abuse is linked to behavioral and social problems, insecure attachments, and intergenerational cycles of abuse. While children are affected in different ways, early intervention programs that strengthen parenting skills and caregiver relationships can help mitigate harm and promote resilience.
The document discusses the connection between building protective factors in communities and appropriate responses to child abuse and neglect. It summarizes that research shows building knowledge of parenting/child development, parental resilience, social connections, concrete supports, and children's social-emotional competence can help protect families and reduce abuse. The document provides information on each protective factor and recommends strategies for service providers to support families in building these factors.
The document discusses reasons why people have children, the roles and responsibilities of parents in raising healthy families, and the effects of family relationships on health. It then focuses on the challenges of teen parenthood, noting that teens are often unprepared for the demands of parenting, and that teen pregnancy can negatively impact physical health, social life, and education attainment. The best decision for teens is often to delay parenthood through abstinence until they are older and more mature.
The document discusses reasons why people have children, the roles and responsibilities of parents in raising healthy families, and the effects of family relationships on health. It then focuses on the challenges of teen parenthood, noting that teens are often unprepared for the demands of parenting, and that teen pregnancy can negatively impact physical health, social life, and education attainment. The best decision for teens is often to delay parenthood through abstinence until they are older and more mature.
Family interventions for substance use diordersJOBIN JOHN
This document discusses the importance of involving families in the treatment of substance abuse. It provides a history of family involvement in alcohol dependence treatment since the 1960s. Characteristics of families with substance abuse issues are described, such as chaos, conflict, and poor communication. Approaches to family therapy for substance abuse like the family disease model, family systems theory, and behavioral family theory are explained. The goals of family intervention and phases of intervention are outlined. Advantages and challenges of family involvement in treatment are also summarized.
Mentoring: A Promising Intervention for Children of PrisonersMentor Michigan
This document discusses mentoring as a promising intervention for children of prisoners. It provides an overview of the issue, including that over 2 million children in the US have an incarcerated parent. Children of prisoners face many risks like poverty and instability. The document explores the developmental impacts of parental incarceration on children and how mentoring can help by providing social support and hope. It offers strategies for mentoring programs to address the needs of this vulnerable population, including special training for mentors on the impacts of incarceration.
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Alcohol Action Ireland recommends that excise duty on all alcohol products be increased in Budget 2016 so that the price of alcohol is set at a level that reflects its significant health, social, and economic impacts; the wide range of harm its consumption causes to others; the costs borne by the State and, ultimately, the taxpayer. We also recommend the introduction of a social responsibility levy on the alcohol industry, which currently makes no direct contribution to addressing the considerable financial burden the consumption of its products places on the State.
Model-based appraisal of minimum unit pricing for alcohol in the Republic of ...AlcoholActionIreland
In 2013, the Department of Health, in conjunction with Northern Ireland, commissioned the Sheffield Alcohol Research Group (SARG) at the University of Sheffield to conduct a health impact assessment as part of the process of developing a legislative basis for minimum unit pricing. The health impact assessment studied the impact of different minimum prices on a range of areas such as health, crime and likely economic impact.
European Alcohol and Health Forum: NGO Resignation Briefing DocumentAlcoholActionIreland
Several public health organizations and NGOs resigned from the European Alcohol and Health Forum in May 2015 due to concerns that the Forum was ineffective and that the European Commission had no plans to develop a new EU Alcohol Strategy to address alcohol-related harm in Europe. Specifically, the organizations were concerned that failing to adopt a new strategy ignored calls from the European Parliament and member states to tackle alcohol harm, and that incorporating alcohol policy into a broader health framework would not adequately address the drivers of alcohol-related issues like drunk driving and domestic violence. Europe remains the heaviest drinking region in the world and incurs over 120,000 premature deaths and 125 billion euros in costs related to alcohol each year, demonstrating the ongoing need for an EU Alcohol Strategy
Letter to Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Dr. AndriukaitisAlcoholActionIreland
1) Several public health organizations resigned from the EU Alcohol and Health Forum due to the lack of an EU Alcohol Strategy and concerns about the efficacy of voluntary commitments from the alcohol industry.
2) The organizations called for a renewed EU Alcohol Strategy to adequately address alcohol harm, such as crime, violence, and traffic accidents.
3) As founding members of the Forum, the organizations had raised past concerns about the lack of evidence that industry commitments reduce harm and about insufficient discussions of effective policy absent vested interests.
NGOS RESIGN FROM HEALTH FORUM AS COMMISSION IGNORES MEMBER STATE AND EUROPEAN...AlcoholActionIreland
Public health NGOs have resigned from the EU Alcohol and Health Forum in protest over the EU Commissioner's decision not to establish a new EU Alcohol Strategy, despite calls from Member States and the European Parliament to develop one. Over 20 health organizations resigned from the forum by sending an open letter to the Commissioner expressing concerns over the neglect of public health and prioritization of alcohol industry interests. Experts stated that without a new strategy and evidence that the forum has reduced alcohol harm, there is no purpose in continuing membership in this failing organization.
Opening statement to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children by...AlcoholActionIreland
- The Sheffield Alcohol Research Group was commissioned by the Irish and Northern Irish governments to examine the potential effects of minimum unit pricing.
- Their Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model estimates that a €1/standard drink MUP in Ireland would reduce total alcohol consumption by 8.8% and alcohol-related harms like deaths and hospitalizations by 16% and 10% respectively over 20 years.
- The policy is estimated to reduce costs of alcohol harm by €1.7 billion over 20 years while having a modest negative financial impact on government and a positive impact on retailers.
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Learning objectives:
1. Define an electrocardiogram (ECG) and electrocardiography
2. Describe how dipoles generated by the heart produce the waveforms of the ECG
3. Describe the components of a normal electrocardiogram of a typical bipolar lead (limb II)
4. Differentiate between intervals and segments
5. Enlist some common indications for obtaining an ECG
6. Describe the flow of current around the heart during the cardiac cycle
7. Discuss the placement and polarity of the leads of electrocardiograph
8. Describe the normal electrocardiograms recorded from the limb leads and explain the physiological basis of the different records that are obtained
9. Define mean electrical vector (axis) of the heart and give the normal range
10. Define the mean QRS vector
11. Describe the axes of leads (hexagonal reference system)
12. Comprehend the vectorial analysis of the normal ECG
13. Determine the mean electrical axis of the ventricular QRS and appreciate the mean axis deviation
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1. Chapter 11, Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th edition
2. Chapter 9, Human Physiology - From Cells to Systems, Lauralee Sherwood, 9th edition
3. Chapter 29, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th edition
4. Electrocardiogram, StatPearls - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK549803/
5. ECG in Medical Practice by ABM Abdullah, 4th edition
6. Chapter 3, Cardiology Explained, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK2214/
7. ECG Basics, http://www.nataliescasebook.com/tag/e-c-g-basics
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Parental Drinking: Keeping The Child in MInd
1. Parental Drinking:
keeping the child in mind
Alcohol Action Ireland
27th May 2009
Wendy Robinson
Children & Families Substance Misuse Consultant
2. The Bottom Line
Children are multi-sensory
Problems for parents are problems for children
Children thrive in homes high in love, attention and
routine, and low in tension, aggression and
unpredictability
3. Parental Problems
Alcohol and drug misuse
Domestic violence
Mental Health
- Where the parents ability to be
present for their children is
overshadowed by adult concerns
4. Parental Substance
Misuse
Figures for illicit drugs:
Between 200,000 and 300,000 children in England
and Wales (2-3% children under 16)
41,000 – 59,000 in Scotland (4-6% children under
16)
Figures for alcohol:
Upwards of 1 million in UK
5. Irish Data
Childhood Study 2009 – Alcohol Action Ireland
We can say that, due to parental drinking:
90,000 children witnessed parental conflict
71,000 children felt afraid or unsafe
71,000 children take care of parents or siblings
Domestic Abuse National Study
34% cases alcohol identified as a trigger to abusive behaviour
1/4 severe cases alcohol always involved
6. Parent – Child
Relationship
Attachment is key
Humans need attachments
We will adapt in order to achieve them
Secure attachments are essential for
subsequent mental health, self-esteem
and positive relationships
7. Predicting Secure
Attachment
Environmental factors (nb. mediated by quality
of attachments)
Parental attunement
Parental responsiveness
Repeats of joyful interactions
8. Parenting Style of
Problem Drinkers
Inconsistent
Unpredictable
Ambivalent
Chaotic
Authoritarian
Neglectful
9. Family Environment
Violence in the home
Marital Conflict
Separation, divorce, loss of parent
Inconsistent and ambivalent parenting
Unpredictability
Role reversal
Lack of routines and rituals
13. Childs Experience
Parents arguing, unhappy and preoccupied
Violence between parents
14. Childs Experience
Parents arguing, unhappy and preoccupied
Violence between parents
Parents not united in parenting role
15. Childs Experience
Parents arguing, unhappy and preoccupied
Violence between parents
Parents not united in parenting role
Inconsistent boundaries and rules
16. Childs Experience
Parents arguing, unhappy and preoccupied
Violence between parents
Parents not united in parenting role
Inconsistent boundaries and rules
Negative family atmosphere
17. Childs Experience
Parents arguing, unhappy and preoccupied
Violence between parents
Parents not united in parenting role
Inconsistent boundaries and rules
Negative family atmosphere
Low level of enjoyable family activity
18. Childs Experience
Parents arguing, unhappy and preoccupied
Violence between parents
Parents not united in parenting role
Inconsistent boundaries and rules
Negative family atmosphere
Low level of enjoyable family activity
Financial hardship
19. Childs Experience
Parents arguing, unhappy and preoccupied
Violence between parents
Parents not united in parenting role
Inconsistent boundaries and rules
Negative family atmosphere
Low level of enjoyable family activity
Financial hardship
Poor relationship with one or both parents
20. Childs Experience
Parents arguing, unhappy and preoccupied
Violence between parents
Parents not united in parenting role
Inconsistent boundaries and rules
Negative family atmosphere
Low level of enjoyable family activity
Financial hardship
Poor relationship with one or both parents
Increased risk of abuse and neglect
21. Resulting Problems for
Children?
Anti-social behaviour
School problems
Emotional difficulties
Friendship/relationship difficulties
Adolescence
Transition to adulthood
22. Wider impact:
Schools and education
Safeguarding children/CPR
Fostering and Adoption
Youth Offending
Primary Care
Community Safety
Workforce
23. Trauma and distress
‘When children are distressed they are at the mercy of these
states. Until these states are brought under control, the child
must use all their resources to cope. While they are doing
that, they can do nothing else.’
Tronick and Weinberg, 1997
When caregivers not only fail to
provide comfort at times of extreme
stress, but are themselves the
principal source of that stress.
28. Key Issues for children
Attachment and Bonding
Identity and Self Image
29. Key Issues for children
Attachment and Bonding
Identity and Self Image
30. Key Issues for children
Attachment and Bonding
Identity and Self Image
Separation and Loss
31. Key Issues for children
Attachment and Bonding
Identity and Self Image
Separation and Loss
32. Key Issues for children
Attachment and Bonding
Identity and Self Image
Separation and Loss
Control and Suppression of Needs/Feelings
33. Key Issues for children
Attachment and Bonding
Identity and Self Image
Separation and Loss
Control and Suppression of Needs/Feelings
34. Key Issues for children
Attachment and Bonding
Identity and Self Image
Separation and Loss
Control and Suppression of Needs/Feelings
Trust
35. Protective Factors
A non-drinking parent - time and attention
Cohesive parental relationship - united front
Cohesive family - activities and affection
Rituals maintained - special occasions
Influence of important others - stable adults
Things outside the home - own interests
Deliberate planning for the future
Vellerman & Orford
36. How can we help?
Strategic lead policy and practice developments
Acknowledge the impact of alcohol on parenting
capacity and child welfare
Bridge the gap between adult and child services
Promote working together across sectors and
services
37. Example:
UK Policy & Practice Framework
ACMD Hidden Harm
Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy
National Drug Strategy
Every Child Matters
- All identify the why and the how in relation
to meeting the needs of children affected by
parental alcohol and drug misuse
38. Main messages:
Parental problem drug & alcohol use can and does
cause serious harm to children
Reducing this harm should become a main
objective of policy and practice
Effective treatment of parents can have major
benefits for the child
Joint strategic approach centrally and regionally,
and services working together is essential
39. Lord Laming Report 2009:
The Protection of Children in England
Recommendations for parental alcohol & drug use:
“It is vital that professional staff working with adults are
trained to identify and assess the needs of, and risk of harm
to children and young people.
These issues are a consistent feature of Serious Case
Reviews, demonstrating how seriously they put children at
risk of significant harm.
All police, probation, adult mental health and adult drug and
alcohol services should have well-understood referral
processes which prioritise the well-being of children. These
should include automatic referral to social care where
domestic violence or drug or alcohol abuse may put a child
at risk of abuse or neglect.”
44. Safeguarding children
and supporting families
1. Huge challenge to accurately and fairly assess and intervene
effectively
2. Important to remember that keeping the well-being of children
as paramount usually means supporting parents and keeping
families together
45. Safeguarding children
and supporting families
1. Huge challenge to accurately and fairly assess and intervene
effectively
2. Important to remember that keeping the well-being of children
as paramount usually means supporting parents and keeping
families together
46. Safeguarding children
and supporting families
1. Huge challenge to accurately and fairly assess and intervene
effectively
2. Important to remember that keeping the well-being of children
as paramount usually means supporting parents and keeping
families together
3. Should not and need not be an either/or
47. Safeguarding children
and supporting families
1. Huge challenge to accurately and fairly assess and intervene
effectively
2. Important to remember that keeping the well-being of children
as paramount usually means supporting parents and keeping
families together
3. Should not and need not be an either/or
48. Safeguarding children
and supporting families
1. Huge challenge to accurately and fairly assess and intervene
effectively
2. Important to remember that keeping the well-being of children
as paramount usually means supporting parents and keeping
families together
3. Should not and need not be an either/or
4. Requires a high degree of multi-agency partnership working,
and open minded professional approach
51. And more….
5. Services working with problem alcohol users should see the
well-being of children as being of paramount importance
52. And more….
5. Services working with problem alcohol users should see the
well-being of children as being of paramount importance
53. And more….
5. Services working with problem alcohol users should see the
well-being of children as being of paramount importance
6. Those working with children and families should understand
why and how to act when a parent has alcohol problems.
54. And more….
5. Services working with problem alcohol users should see the
well-being of children as being of paramount importance
6. Those working with children and families should understand
why and how to act when a parent has alcohol problems.
55. And more….
5. Services working with problem alcohol users should see the
well-being of children as being of paramount importance
6. Those working with children and families should understand
why and how to act when a parent has alcohol problems.
7. Need to develop united strategic and service approaches
despite timescale and priority conflicts.
56. Why is it hard to
respond?
Normalisation of alcohol in society
Illicit drugs seen as more risky
Knowledge and competence
Professional legitimacy
Complex and multidimensional needs
Culture of specialists and experts
57. A pessimists problem is
an optimists opportunity!
Collaboration towards common goal – we all want
the same thing
Bridge the gap between adult alcohol treatment
and child welfare - vigilant towards professional
bias
The family is the client and children are the priority
Changes in parenting now, changes in alcohol use
over time
58. Best Practice Guidance
No need to reinvent the wheel!
Supporting children affected by parental alcohol misuse: A Toolkit
www.alcoholandfamilies.org.uk
Working with children and families of problem alcohol users: A Service
Development Toolkit www.bath.ac.uk
Adult Drug Problems, Children’s Needs: Assessing the impact of parental drug
use www.ncb.org.uk
Seeing & Hearing the Child: Rising to the challenge of parental substance
misuse www.nspcc.org.uk
Building Resilience in Families Under Stress: Supporting Families affected by
parental substance misuse www.ncb.org.uk
59. Challenges &
Opportunities
Challenges:
Change is slow…for individuals, for families, for communities
Cross sector issue – no-one solely responsible
Children need to believe all is well – parents are perfect!
“It never did me any harm”
Opportunities:
New evidence points the way
Small changes- big impact
Working together
Everyone benefits when families do well
60.
61. For more information please
contact:
Wendy Robinson Consultancy
9a Nelson Road
Whitstable
Kent
England
CT5 1DP
01227 772712