Useful resources for practitioners working with families
What Scottish parents tell us
Parenting across Scotland
On a regular basis, we ask parents how they get the information
and support they need to bring up their children. We also ask about
a range of other issues, e.g. the recession, children's behaviour,
health visitors and their experiences of parenting.
www.parentingacrossscotland.org/publications/polls-and-surveys.aspx
Growing up in Scotland
Centre for Research on Families and Relationships
This study follows the lives of Scotland's children from infancy
through to their teens. It is one of the largest longitudinal
studies ever done in Scotland (following 8,000 children annually)
and provides information that will help develop policies affecting
children and their families in Scotland.
www.crfr.ac.uk/gus
Parenting teenagers
About Families
The first study in the About Families programme looks at what
research tells us about relationship and behaviour issues in
parenting teenagers.
www.aboutfamilies.org.uk
Parenting and the different ways it can affect children's
lives
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Seven literature reviews of research on parenting looking at
what can research tell us about the influence of parenting,
especially parent-child relationships in 'ordinary' families.
www.jrf.org.uk/publications/parenting-and-different-ways-it-can-affect-childrens-lives-research-evidence
Diversity, complexity and change in parenting
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Examines parenting in Britain during early and middle childhood
within different social and cultural groups. It also looks at how
parenting develops and changes over time.
www.jrf.org.uk/publications/diversity-complexity-and-change-parenting