2012-05-24T14:07:09Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/parenting.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/corporate_pubs/CP22-2011-09.html Sep 1, 2011 Sep 1, 2011

The 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks warrants a thoughtful review of America's progress and future strategy. In this <em>RAND Review</em> cover story, RAND experts offer perspectives on Afghan-led solutions, ways to counter al Qaeda, air passenger security, and compensation for those affected by terrorism.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110085.html Apr 30, 2011 Apr 30, 2011

Unintentional injuries in fifth graders are associated with both parent and child characteristics.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9580.html Mar 23, 2011 Mar 23, 2011

Summarizes research on Talking Parents, Healthy Teens, a worksite-based parenting program designed by RAND and University of California at Los Angeles researchers that improves communication between parents and their adolescents on sexual health.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9568.html Jan 19, 2011 Jan 19, 2011

Reports the results of a longitudinal study of youth from military families and their caregivers concerning their emotional well-being and how well they are coping with servicemembers' extended deployments.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR913.html Jan 19, 2011 Jan 19, 2011

Children and spouses of military members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan report facing challenges as family relationships change and they assume more responsibility for household duties during deployment.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2011/01/19.html Jan 19, 2011 Jan 19, 2011

Children and spouses of military members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan report facing challenges as family relationships change and they assume more responsibility for household duties during deployment.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000181.html May 31, 2010 May 31, 2010

This study examined whether specific parenting factors can be used to predict adolescent problem behaviors in intervention studies.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100103.html Dec 31, 2009 Dec 31, 2009

<p>Setting intermediate criteria between the present behavior and total abstinence can improve outcomes for hard to treat smokers.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100023.html Dec 31, 2009 Dec 31, 2009

<p>This article tests whether parents reinforce or compensate for child endowments.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100070.html Dec 31, 2009 Dec 31, 2009

<p>There are many contributors to obesity, including excess consumption of discretionary calories (foods high in sugar and fat and low in essential nutrients), lack of fruit/vegetable consumption, and insufficient physical activity.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100069.html Dec 31, 2009 Dec 31, 2009

<p>Examine timing of parent-child discussions about sexual topics relative to child-reported sexual behavior.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9488.html Nov 2, 2009 Nov 2, 2009

<p>Summarizes research showing that children from military families experience above-average levels of emotional and behavioral difficulties and that longer parental deployments are associated with greater difficulties.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9372.html Jul 30, 2009 Jul 30, 2009

<p>Examines the unique challenges faced by children of HIV-infected parents and indicates how some of the negative effects of parental HIV on children could be ameliorated.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090401.html Dec 31, 2008 Dec 31, 2008

<p>The authors examined the perceived effects of leave from work among employed parents of children with special health care needs.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20081401.html Sep 1, 2008 Sep 1, 2008

<p>The empirical results of this paper imply that such household parental investments compensate for low endowments, as proxied by low birth weight.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080414.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007

<p>Children who had taken on more responsibility for instrumental caretaking roles because of their mother's HIV showed better autonomy development as early and middle age adolescents, so parentification may not negatively affect later autonomy.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080810.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007

<p>Early puberty is a risk factor for delinquency, and early puberty combined with low parental nurturance, communication, or parental knowledge of the child's activities presents a risk for aggressive behavior in early adolescent girls.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080419.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007

<p>Discusses a team approach to service delivery of an intensive probation program by the South Oxnard Challenge Project (SOCP). Researchers interviewed juveniles who were randomly assigned to either the SOCP experimental condition or the control condition of a routine probation program. The intensive probation program, among other goals, focused on improving parent-child relationships and teaching youth how to choose better peers. At 1 year post random assignment, experimental and control youth were not significantly different on key family or peer relationship measures</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080712.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007

<p>Permissive households (based on parental knowledge of whereabouts, curfew, and predicted response to child drinking or use of marijuana) are associated with adolescent heavy drinking. Alcohol prevention programs can target prodrinking influences.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080809.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007

<p>Finds that a work-based group discussion program for parents--Talking Parents, Healthy Teenshad substantial effects on communication at home between parents and adolescents about sexual health, including ability to communicate and number of topics.</p>