There is a large body of research that shows children from non-intact homes show higher rates of juvenile delinquency than children from intact homes, partially due to weaker parental control and supervision in non-intact homes. What has not been adequately addressed in the research is the influence of changes in family structure among individual adolescents over time on delinquent offending. U...

The present study challenges the popular notion that overly controlling or restrictive parenting is the primary pathway to academic achievement for Chinese Americans. Although traditional Chinese values require parents to make good choices for their children by supervising and asserting strict limits using guǎn (safeguarding) and jiào xun (demandingness of excellence), such parental duties do n...

At the very beginning of working with the group as a supervisor – the dynamics of which I will analyse more thoroughly in the section Personal Experience, group members were discussing their personal experience of the supervisee’s position, their past, present and anticipated relationship with the supervisor and their experience of the supervision of the supervisor. Although they broached many ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect emotional communication skills training on emotion regulation, parental self-efficacy and child acceptance in mothers children with special learning disabilities. statistical population consisted all students Sampling method accessible that participants were selected from disabilities who referred clinics under supervision education Shiraz. Of...

This study aimed to identify biographical predictors of children pianists’ motor skills in a relevant musical context. Motor skills at the piano were assessed in 30 piano-playing children by testing temporal evenness in standardized scale playing which is a basic element of piano technique. Questionnaires were used to collect detailed information regarding the practice habits and other biograph...

This paper begins to describe and explicate the specific mechanisms by which alcohol use and the alcohol use environment contribute to specific types of child maltreatment. These mechanisms relating alcohol outlet densities to child maltreatment described here include effects on social disorganization, parent's drinking behaviors, and parental supervision. By investigating potential mechanisms,...

OBJECTIVE The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued a primary pediatric obesity prevention policy statement. Its focus is directed toward the health supervision visit. We used qualitative research to determine physicians' approaches toward obesity prevention within this visit. DESIGN Twenty-four University of Wisconsin pediatricians participated in a qualitative study consisting of data t...

As female participation in the labor force continues to grow in the US, so too does reliance on non-parental child care. However, the high cost of child care has impeded the ability of many working mothers to find sufficient child care for their children. As a result, as recently as 1998 over eight million children ages five to 14 spent time without adult supervision on a regular basis in the U...

Foreign body aspiration is a relatively commonly encountered emergency in the pediatric age group. Foreign body can get lodge at any site from supraglottis to the terminal bronchioles. The removal of nasal foreign body in the pediatric age group particularly those lodged posteriorly should always be attempted under general anesthesia as it can dislodge down into the lower airway leading to fata...