Adolescents are the most important assets of any nation and Mother plays the most influential role in shaping the adolescent`s personality. Relationship between mother and child has a major influence on a child overall development. The beliefs, thoughts, attitudes and behaviours of the mother has a powerful impact on the socio-emotional and cognitive development of children. Globalization has l...

This study (a) assessed whether child neglect is associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and dissociative symptoms in the preschool period and (b) examined the role of quality of mother-child affective communication in the development of trauma-related symptoms among neglected children. Participants were 33 neglected and 72 non-neglected preschoolers (mean age = 60 months). Neglect...

That was a convergent-care study, carried out in a maternity ward in the Southern Region of Brazil from April to May 2009, with the purpose to comprehend the meanings of premature mother-child skin-to-skin contact and relevant nursing contributions. Data were collected through participant observation and interviews involving nine mothers. Four categories were identified: a) predelivery orientat...

The task of public health is to encourage the mother initiate and maintain breastfeeding her child. main proponents early should be pediatricians gynecologists in maternity hospitals. Early "skin-to-skin" contact means that after birth, first ten minutes, newborn placed close with mother. After it born cries, transferred bare chest mother, who comfortably bed head elevated. child a longitudinal...