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Married Moms Aren't Striking Workers, but They Are Saying the Same Thing
If we are in the middle of a labor shortage, recruiting people back into the labor force is key to sustaining a recovery. The historic work choices of married mothers reveal a lot about what might lure people back into the workforce.
Nov 1, 2021
Essay
What Programs Can Help Parents in Prison and Their Children?
Around 2.3 million people live in U.S. jails and prisons, and most of them are parents. What are prisons doing to help them be better parents when they get out? It's more than just a policy question—it's a social justice question.
May 2, 2022

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Report
Engaging Teachers, Staff, and Parents in Social and Emotional Learning in Palm Beach County: One of Six Case Studies of Schools and Out-of-School-Time Program Partners (Volume 2, Part 5)
This case study explores how Palm Beach County's Diamond View Elementary School and its out-of-school-time program increased adult awareness of social and emotional learning practices to promote positive interactions with children throughout the day.
Sep 15, 2022
Journal Article
American Single Father Homes: A Growing Public Health Priority
This commentary highlights the need for public health, child welfare and healthcare to pay more attention to fathers and their role in parenting/child development.
Jun 22, 2022
Blog
Gun Policy, Ukraine's Best Chance for Peace, Equity and Public Policy: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses what the scientific evidence says about gun laws, a potential pathway toward peace in Ukraine, helping incarcerated parents, and more.
Jun 3, 2022
Visualization
Lessons Map: An overview of five case studies in the field of early childhood development
This Lessons Map is an aid to navigating five case studies produced by RAND Europe for the Bernard van Leer Foundation on efforts to make changes at scale in the area of early childhood development.
Apr 7, 2022
Commentary
The Marriage Plot
For more than a quarter century, the U.S. government has been sending an unmistakable message to poor, single mothers: Get married. If America genuinely wants to address poverty and achieve gender equality, this has to change.
Apr 4, 2022
Blog
Refugees, Women's Health Research, Supporting Incarcerated Parents: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on the humanitarian fallout from a Russian invasion of Ukraine, investing in women’s health research, supporting incarcerated parents, and more.
Feb 18, 2022
Report
Programs for Incarcerated Parents
About 2.7 million U.S. children have a parent in prison. This can strain the parent-child relationship and increase the risk for child delinquency, poor academic achievement, and social and emotional problems. What programs do prisons offer to support families? And are they responsive to needs based on gender and culture?
Feb 8, 2022
Report
Supporting parental behavioural change: Multichannel and cross-sector campaigns in Israel: A case study
A case study that describes two campaigns in Israel that supported parental behavioural change. The case study highlights factors that contributed to the success of the campaigns and challenges that the organisers faced.
Dec 23, 2021
Blog
Four-Day School Weeks, Domestic Terrorism, North Korea: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on the trade-offs of a four-day school week, how to counter domestic violent extremism, racial disparities in who is convicted of more-serious speeding charges, and more.
Oct 8, 2021
Commentary
Parenting During the Pandemic: Communicating with Children About COVID-19
School and nursery closures, lockdowns, and ongoing pandemic restrictions brought huge changes to children and families. The way parents communicated with their children about these events was vital in helping children to cope.
Sep 20, 2021
Q&A
Mass Incarceration and Parenting from Prison: Q&A with Dionne Barnes-Proby, Celia Gomez, and Monica Williams
One in 10 Black children in the United States has an incarcerated parent. RAND experts are assessing what could be done to better support these parents and, in turn, improve the well-being of their children and families.
Sep 9, 2021
Journal Article
Level 4 Group Triple P: Positive Parenting Programme
This report evaluates the Positive Parenting Program, targeted at parents of children aged 3 to 4 years for whom nursery staff and caregivers had concerns around language and communication or children's behavioural, emotional, or social development.
Jul 27, 2021
Blog
Pandemic Education, Working Mothers, Predicting Cyber Threats: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on the urban-rural divide in pandemic education, supporting working moms, what makes a good COVID-19 reopening plan, and more.
May 14, 2021
Commentary
Should Mothers Work? We've Been Asking the Wrong Question
As schools and day cares closed due to the pandemic, millions of women were driven from the labor market. What is it worth to the United States to have mothers in the workforce?
May 10, 2021
Report
Ending the use of physical and emotional violence against children and adolescents in Peru: A case study on the advocacy efforts of INFANT and ONNAS
Case study on the work of civil society organisations to introduce a law in Peru to ban the use of physical and psychological violence towards children.
May 10, 2021
Multimedia
From Day One: The Importance of Early Learning
RAND researchers Rita Karam and Gail Zellman discuss the importance of early childhood learning. This video features interviews with families and educators in the Middle East who have experienced the positive effects of engaging children in conversations and educational activities at home and in early childhood programs.
Feb 24, 2021
Journal Article
The Impact of Parental Involvement Laws on the Abortion Rate of Minors
We conduct a comprehensive analysis of the effect of parental involvement laws on the incidence of abortions to minors in the United States.
Jan 26, 2021
Commentary
Helping Mothers Return to Work Is a Gender Equality Issue
Employers and policymakers play a crucial role in ensuring that women are not unnecessarily disadvantaged when they have children. Policies such as access to family leave, job protection, and childcare options can play a large role.
Jan 21, 2021

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RAND Topic:
Parenting

Topic Synonyms:
Child-Rearing

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