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Parenting Links

There's lots of research about why parenting is important, here's a sample: Positive Parenting Associated With Less Aggression in Early-Maturing Teen Girls 
 

For children with ADHD, evidence shows that learning behavioral management techniques, in combination with medication, is most effective. Psychiatry and Mental Health, 2008. Psychiatry and Mental Health Journal, 2008

Research from Duke university January 2009: Cascade Effect Explains Some Teen Violence but parent training can help.

Positive Parenting Skills are an Important Influence Through Generations

While it's known that using anger and threats to parent children can impact children's behavior and their future parenting style, it's only recently been shown that the effects of raising children in a warm, nurturing way with consistent, positive discipline can also influence future generations -- contributing to good relationships with their own future partners and children. The findings come from a long-term study conducted by researchers from Oregon State University and the Oregon Social Learning Center that followed three generations of Oregon families with boys considered at risk for juvenile delinquency.   Read the full article here  

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