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"You've Got Drugs!" Prescription Drug Pushers on the Internet
This study demonstrates that the internet provides easy and unregulated access to prescription drugs to many people, including children and youth.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University • February 01, 2004

Abstract
This study examined stay-at-home fathers and their integration of work and family.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• Mens Studies Press • September 22, 2004

Risk and Childhood
This report evaluates the social, emotional, physical and financial risks that face children today and examines how those risks are managed by adults and institutions.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• Risk Commission, The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce • 2007

Teens and Their Parents in the 21st Century: An Examination of Trends in Teen Behavior and the Role of Parental Involvement
This report examined the link between teen behavioural outcomes and parental involvement.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• Council of Economic Advisers, Washington, DC • May 2, 2000

Good Servant, Bad Master? Electronic Media and the Family
This study examines media usage by families with particular focus on children.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• The Vanier Institute of the Family • October 2007

Supportive Parenting Moderates the Effect of Discrimination Upon Anger, Hostile View of Relationships, and Violence among African American Boys
The authors of this paper suggest that violent delinquency resulting from discrimination can be mediated by supportive parenting.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• American Sociological Association • December 2006

Child Abuse and the Internet
This paper examines internet child abuse including sexual exploitation, exposure to offensive material, child pornography, and the use of the internet by paedophiles.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• Australian Institute of Family Studies • Summer 2001

Parent Power: what Parents Need to Know and Do to Help Prevent Teen Pregnancy
This survey of 12-19 year olds in the United States revealed that while parents think teens' friends are the biggest influence over teen sexual behaviour, teens say that parents have the most sway over their sexual decisions.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy • September 30, 2003

Sleep and the Body Mass Index and Overweight Status of Children and Adolescents
This study suggests that poor sleep habits, resulting in a reduction of sleep among children, lead to weight gain and an increased body mass index.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• Society for Research in Child Development • January/February 2007

Digital Childhood: Electronic Media and Technology Use Among Infants, Toddlers and Preschoolers
This paper examines the prevalence of media use among children 0 – 6 years old in comparison with the American Academy of Pediatircs media-use guidelines.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• American Academy of Pediatrics • May 2007

Young Canadians' Alcohol and Other Drug Use: Increasing our Understanding
This report is based on information collected through a number of surveys of teenagers on their substance abuse activities.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• Health Canada • 1995

The Effects of Media Violence on Children
This paper explores the effects of media violence on children and finds that violence on television is related to aggressive behaviour in children.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• Health Canada • 1993

Media in the Home 1999: The Fourth Annual Survey of Parents and Children
This report gives an overview of the media environment in American family homes, including a discussion on children's television viewing and internet usage, how many hours they dedicate to media consumption, and the level of parental supervision in the home.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• Annenberg Public Policy Center • 1999

Media in the Home 2000
This report gives an overview of the media environment in American family homes, including a discussion on children's television viewing and internet usage, how many hours they dedicate to media consumption, and the level of parental supervision in the home.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• The Annenberg Public Policy Center • 2000

Television in the Home 1998: The Third Annual National Survey of Parents and Children
This report gives an overview of the media environment in American family homes, including a discussion on children's television viewing and internet and computer usage.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• Annenberg Public Policy Center • 1998

Television in the Home: The 1997 Survey of Parents and Children
This report gives an overview of the media environment in American family homes, including a discussion on what children watch on television, how many hours they watch, and the level of parental supervision in the home.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• Annenberg Public Policy Center • 1997

Attachment to Parents and Adjustment in Adolescence: Literature Review and Policy Implications
This paper provides an overview of existing research on the effect of the parent-child bond on healthy adolescent social and psychological adjustment.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• Health Canada • March 31, 2000

Report of the APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls
This report analyzes the evidence and consequences of the sexualisation of girls on their health and wellbeing.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• American Psychological Association • 2007

Variations in Child Development Outcomes Among Children Living in Lone-Parent Families
This study uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) to document differences in developmental outcome variables between children living in lone-parent families and all other children.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• Human Resources Development Canada • October 01, 1998

Effects of Neighbourhood, Family, and Child Behavior on Childhood Injury in Canada
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), this study examines (1) how the relationship between family function and child injuries are mediated by parent and child behaviour, (2) whether family economic status or neighbourhood disadvantage are more strongly related to child injury, and (3) the developed model’s ability to predict child injury in two years.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• Human Resources Development Canada • March 01, 2001

Protecting Parental Liberty in a Child-Centered Legal System
This paper analyzes the balance between parental autonomy and the state's responsibility in protecting children from parental abuse.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• Centre for Cultural Renewal • July 27, 2005

Who Killed School Discipline?
This article examines parents’ concern over the lack of discipline in public schools.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• The Manhattan Institute • Spring 2000

My Children Come First: Welfare-Reliant Women's Post-TANF Views of Work-Family Trade-offs and Marriage
This paper explores women's perceptions of the welfare to work transition and the resulting work-family trade-offs, in the context of welfare reform in the United States.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• MDRC • December 2001

Parental Supervision: The Views and Experiences of Young People and their Parents
This report discusses the level and nature of parental supervision of their adolescent children.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• Joseph Rowntree Foundation • March 2005

Parenting Influences on Adolescent Alcohol Use
This study of adolescent alcohol use presents evidence that parents can play a significant role in teaching their children to be responsible consumers of alcohol.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• Australian Institute of Family Studies • 2004

Combining Love and Limits in Authoritative Parenting: A Conditional Sequence Model of Disciplinary Responses
This paper examines the benefits and effectiveness of an authoritative parenting style and it advocates the use of both reasoning and punishment to correct a child's behaviour.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• University of Wisconsin-Madison • 1998

Preadolescent Parenting Strategies and Teens’ Dating and Sexual Initiation: A Longitudinal Analysis
This paper examines the effect of pre-adolescent parental support, monitoring, and coercive control on the timing of adolescents' dating and first sexual encounter.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• Center for Family and Demographic Studies • 2000

Family Structure, Family Processes and Adolescent Delinquency: The Significance of Parental Absence Versus Parental Gender
This article indicates that parental absence is associated with adolescent delinquency, particularly in single-father families.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• Sage Publications • February 01, 2004

Left Unsupervised: A Look at the Most Vulnerable Children
This paper discusses levels of parental supervision and the prevalence of self-care by American children.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• Child Trends • April 01, 2003

Children’s Exposure to Violence in Canada: What it Means for Parents
This paper contains two reports, one on parents' awareness of, and attitude towards, violence in their children's lives and the other on the major issues facing parents and children in regards to children's exposure to violence.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• Canadian Council on Social Development, Family Service Canada • September 01, 2003

Television Violence: A review on the Effects on Children of Different Ages
This paper examines the television viewing patterns of children in various age categories and explores the effect of violent programming on children's behaviour, emotional development, and their perception of violence.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• Health Canada • February 01, 1995

Maternal Employment and Adolescent Risky Behavior
This paper seeks to determine a correlation between a working mother and the influence this might have on her child engaging in risky activities such as sex, smoking cigarettes and marijuana, and drinking alcohol.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• U.S. Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics • February 2003

Crime and the Family: Improving Child-Rearing and Preventing Delinquency
This booklet discusses the connection between delinquency, crime prevention, and the family.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• Family Policy Studies Centre • June 1993

Parents and the Media
This paper briefly examines parental concerns about children's media usage, how parents encourage and restrict children's media access, and how they can monitor children's media intake through v-chips, rating guides and internet filters.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation • Summer 2003

Closeness, Authority and Independence in Families With Teenagers
This paper looks at public perceptions about parenting, discipline, parental authority, and parent-teen relationships.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • March 2001

Seasonality of Youth's First-Time Use of Marijuana, Cigarettes, or Alcohol
This report discusses the seasonality of youths' first-time use of marijuana, cigarettes and alcohol.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) • June 04, 2004

Home-Alone America
This paper discusses “whether and just how much children need their parents — especially their mothers” and examines increasing divorce rates, out-of-wedlock births, youth crime, violence, and murder.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• Hoover Institute • July 01, 2001

Vietnamese Refugees: Crime Rates of Minors and Youths in New South Wales
This paper examines the nature and extent of criminal activity in New South Wales for unaccompanied Vietnamese immigrant youth.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• Australian Institute of Criminology • 1989

Family Strengths: Often Overlooked, But Real
This research brief examines measurements of family strength used by national family surveys.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• Child Trends • August 01, 2002

African American Adolescent Girls in Impoverished Communities: Quality of Parenting and Adolescent Outcomes
This paper discusses the effect of parenting style and parental involvement on the behaviour, educational achievement, employment, sexual activity and pregnancy history of young black girls living in poverty.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• The Joint Center for Poverty Research • June 14, 1999

Time to Care: A Comparison of How Couple and Sole Parents Households Allocate Time to Work and Children
This paper looks at the quality and quantity of time that single mothers spend with their children as compared to parents in couple relationships.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• Social Policy Research Centre • June 01, 2004

Race/Ethnic Differences in Father Involvement in Two-Parent Families: Culture, Context, or Economy?
This paper examines the parenting style and abilities of fathers in the context of their racial background.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• Institute for Social Research • February 24, 2001

Zero to Six: Electronic Media in the Lives of Infants, Toddlers and Preschoolers
This paper gives a broad overview of the amount of media consumed by children under the age of six, the type of media they are exposed to, and the level of parental involvement and supervision in monitoring children's media intake.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation • 2003

Sexual Abuse History and Number of Sex Partners Among Female Adolescents
This article provides evidence that, on average, adolescent girls with a history of sexual abuse have more sexual partners in a year than those with no history of abuse.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • October 01, 1997

The Real Root Causes of Violent Crime: The Breakdown of Marriage, Family, and Community
This paper provides an in-depth look at the pyschological and sociological determinants of criminal behaviour, including lack of parental discipline, fatherless families, domestic violence, and parental abuse or neglect.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• The Heritage Foundation • March 17, 1995

Poverty, Parenting, Peers and Crime-Prone Neighbourhoods
This paper examines how parenting and peer relationships contribute to youth crime by acting as mediators between economic hardship and delinquency.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• Australian Institute of Criminology • April 01, 1998

Families and Schools Together Canada
This article illustrates the social success of children as a result of a comprehensive partnership between families, schools and community workers.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• Caledon Institute of Social Policy • May 01, 2002

School Achievement of Canadian Boys and Girls in Early Adolescence: Links with Personal Attitudes and Parental and Teacher Support for School
Using data on ten and eleven year old children from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth this paper examines the links between academic achievement, children’s self-perception, and the support of adults during the child’s transition to adolescence.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• Human Resources Development Canada • October 01, 1998

Remarriage, Cohabitation, and Changes in Mothering Behavior
This paper investigates the extent to which cohabitation and remarriage affect single mothers' parenting in terms of parental supervision and time spent with children, patterns of disicpline and decision making, and relationship quality.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • May 01, 1998

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