Parenting skills

The child-parent relationship has a major influence on most aspects of child development. When optimal, parenting skills and behaviours have a positive impact on children’s self-esteem, school achievement, cognitive development and behaviour.

Information sheets

Parenting skills: when responsiveness and beliefs enter the picture

September 2015, Rev. ed.
Parents’ practices: when responsiveness and beliefs enter the picture (Aboriginal parents)

April 2010
Discipline: how much is enough?

September 2015, 2^nd rev. ed.

Voices from the Field

Services and Policies

Parenting Skills: Evaluating and Designing Effective Parent Education Programs

February 2008 | Janice MacAulay

Thematic bulletins

Responding to children's needs | Important developmental milestones in young children

CEECD Parenting Series - November 2009
Searching for effective Canadian early childhood learning programs

Volume 4, No. 1 - January 2009
The most important thing parents do

Volume 6, No. 1 - March 2007

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Parenting skills

Information sheets

Parenting skills: when responsiveness and beliefs enter the picture

Parents’ practices: when responsiveness and beliefs enter the picture (Aboriginal parents)

Discipline: how much is enough?

Voices from the Field

Services and Policies

Parenting Skills: Evaluating and Designing Effective Parent Education Programs

Thematic bulletins

Responding to children's needs | Important developmental milestones in young children

Searching for effective Canadian early childhood learning programs

The most important thing parents do

Suggested reading...

Babies and Aggression

Comfort, Play & Teach: A Positive Approach to Parenting, 2007

Toddlers and Aggression

Comfort, Play & Teach: A Positive Approach to Parenting, 2007

Preschoolers and Aggression

Comfort, Play & Teach: A Positive Approach to Parenting, 2007

Read, Speak, Sing: Your baby and early literacy

Canadian Paediatric Society, 2015

Read, Speak, Sing: Fun ideas for you and your baby

Canadian Paediatric Society, 2015

Read, speak, sing: How parents can promote literacy from birth

Canadian Paediatric Society, 2008

The Period of PURPLE Crying

A new way to understand your baby’s crying

Parenting styles, behaviour and skills and their impact on young children

Lessons in Learning - Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Centre - CCL - February 2008

Father – Paternity

Temperament

Divorce and separation

Attachment

Injury prevention