Parents are among the most important people in the lives of young children. From birth, children rely on parents and other caregivers to care for them and to chart a course that promotes their healthy development and overall well-being.
Senior Fellow Kimberly Boller is a member of the Committee on Supporting the Parents of Young Children of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, which released a new report this week. The report identifies a core set of parenting knowledge, attitudes, and practices tied to positive parent-child interactions and outcomes for children from birth to age 8. It also recommends ways for health, human services, and education agencies and systems to promote wide-scale adoption of evidence-based strategies that support this core set universally and across a variety of specific populations, such as fathers, immigrant families, and parents of children with disabilities.
Members of the authoring committee presented the report’s findings and recommendations and answer questions during a one-hour webinar on July 20. Learn more and view the webinar.