Parent-child relationships : publication
The best parent-child relationships are characterized by positive communication. Visit our site to learn about communicating effectively with children.
Lynn Blinn Pike
Human Development and Family Studies Extension
Gail R. Carlson and M. Kathy Dothage
Department of Human Development and Family Studies
A series of 13 television spots and this publication are a joint project between the Missouri Cooperative Extension Service and KRCG-TV, Channel 13.
This publication offers fathers practical strategies to meet their children's needs, emphasizing self-care, understanding, nurturing, guidance, and advocacy.
Parental conflict is common, but involving children can make them feel caught in the middle and increase stress, anxiety, and behavior problems. The article highlights how triangulation happens and offers ways parents can protect children by setting boundaries, avoiding pulling them into…
Healthy sleep habits help preschoolers grow, learn, manage emotions, and thrive. This article shares simple strategies to support better sleep, including bedtime routines, consistent schedules, calming sleep environments, and tips for overcoming common sleep challenges.
Journaling offers teens a private space to explore emotions, enhance self-awareness, and develop coping skills through creative expression.
Encourage kindness in children by modeling caring behavior, offering clear guidance, and nurturing empathy from infancy through adolescence.
This handout explains why parents share kids online, the risks involved, and tips for safer, more mindful posting to protect children's privacy and well-being.
Early literacy starts at birth and develops through everyday interactions like talking, reading, singing, and play. The article explains how responsive “serve-and-return” communication builds early language, brain development, and future reading skills, and shares simple ways caregivers can support…
Parenting stress can build quickly and even lead to burnout, which makes leisure more important than many parents realize. Research suggests that when parents value and prioritize leisure, they experience less stress and stronger connections with their children. Explore how small, intentional…