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The Building Strong Families (BSF) project aims to foster the development of programs designed to enhance children's well being by helping new, unmarried parents build stronger relationships and achieve a healthy marriage if they so choose. The motivation and design of BSF programs draw heavily on findings about unmarried parents from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study. This research brief summarizes information from that study about the characteristics and relationship patterns of unwed parents. While not representative of all unwed parents, the study sample is representative of…
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Hill County Children's Advocacy Center's tips for helping fathers build involved and nurturing relationships with their children.
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Designed for parents, this handbook provides suggestions and tips for disciplining children ages 1 through 5. It begins by explaining the differences between discipline and punishment and the basics of loving discipline. Following sections then describe the development and typical behavior of children ages 1 and 2, 3 and 4, and 5-year-olds. After the description of the developmental milestones of each age group, parents are provided strategies for teaching good discipline, a discipline diary to keep track of efforts to teach good discipline, and examples of common discipline issues. The…
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Children who feel close to their fathers tend to do better in school, feel better about themselves, and avoid problem behaviors. This folder teaches fathers how to stay involved in their child's life even when they live apart. It acknowledges the challenges of fatherhood, and encourages readers to work cooperatively with their child's mother, spend time with their child, and be supportive in a variety of ways to create a bond with their child that will last a lifetime. (Author abstract)
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Chapter 1. Deadbeat Dad or Just Dead Broke; Chapter 2. What Do You Want, Really?; Chapter 3. How Child Support Proceedings Begin; Chapter 4. Going to Court; Chapter 5. Paternity; Chapter 6. Getting Organized; Chapter 7. About Child Support; Chapter 8. The Child Support Hearing; Chapter 9. After the Hearing; Chapter 10. Changing the Child Support Order; Chapater 11. What if I Don't Pay?; Chapter 12. Visitation Rights; Chapter 13. Going for Custody; Chapter 14. Going to Trial; Chapter 15. The Appeal; Chapter 16. After Custody; Chapter 17. Conclusion.
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The purpose of this booklet is to make available to parents information that they can use to help their child to succeed in school. The booklet includesinformation about things that they can do at home to contribute to their child's school success; activities that they can use to help their child acquire the skills to succeed in school; answers to often-asked questions about how to work with teachers and schools; and tips on how to help your child with test taking.
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This manual is intended to help fathers who are separated or divorced to cope successfully with their divorce in a way that is healthy for their children. It begins by explaining the importance of fathers and the impact of divorce on families. Eight steps are then described for keeping an active relationship with the children, surviving the divorce, and moving on to other relationships and a happy life. The steps include: surviving the initial assault; disengaging from your old love; working for a nonadversarial divorce; assessing your role as father and making a fathering plan;…
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Durante la década pasada, se ha llegado a prestar mas atención al papel que el papá puede hacer en apoyar a sus niños durante su formación. Las personas quienes manejan los programas educativos dirigidos a los niños pequeños han comenzado a relacionarse con los papás con el propósito de promover específicamente la involucración y el liderazgo del papá. Ahora los programas del Head Start son un modelo nacional en cuanto a la participación de los padres en la educación temprana y la formación de los niños. Además, el Head Start ahora es un líder nacional de estimular la participación del…
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This issue brief discusses State development and implementation of marriage education programs to strengthen families and improve outcomes for children. It describes the objectives of the programs and types of programs, and notes research results that indicate children raised in two-parent homes with low conflict levels have a lower risk of both academic and behavioral issues and exhibit greater stability in their own relationships as adults. Strategies States and localities can use to fund marriage education are explained, and lessons learned from State and local programs are shared. Lessons…
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This report explores the decline in marriage in the United States over the past five decades, the impact on children, and President's initiatives for encouraging marriage. It begins by reviewing evidence showing that marriage is associated with better health, higher earnings, and greater wealth among adults as well as with academic success and mental health among children. It states that while the evidence shows that the differences between children reared by married biological parents and children reared by only one biological parent are modest in percentage terms, the small differences…
