Although we can never totally protect our children, research already shows that a critical part of dealing with unacceptable teenage behaviour and protecting young people from dangerous activities is the quality of their relationship with their parent, the boundaries set by parents, and the amount of involvement parents have in their children’s lives.
This research project will try to identify how parent attitudes about their parenting influences their child’s behaviour. The study will explore what parents do to protect their teenage children from harmful activities such as alcohol and truancy.
We need parents and their adolescent children to answer questions about the children’s behaviour, parenting, the parent-adolescent relationship and how parents see the world.
Are you the parent of a 10–18 year-old child?
If you are the parent of 10-18 year-old child and interested in helping us learn more about parenting adolescents, here’s how you can take part:
You complete the survey online (your child does not take part in this option). Complete the survey online: Parenting Adolescents Survey
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Ask your child to also complete the survey.
This research is completely voluntary and confidential. The survey will take parents about 30 minutes to complete and about 20 minutes for adolescents to complete.
If you have any questions about the study, send an email to Kylie Burke or phone: 0402 512 798
We are offering a two-day professional training program for practitioners working with parents of adolescents aged 10 - 14 years. The training date is 23-24 June 2010. Download the Registration form for more information.
A new booklet tracing the history of the ABCD program, from its beginning in 2001 to the recent launch of the Sudanese translation, has been released by the Parenting Research Centre.
Since its development, the ABCD program has offered support to more than 5000 families across Victoria. This unique program has been delivered to parents in nine community languages by around 200 professional facilitators trained by the Parenting Research Centre (PRC).
The significant level of demand for the ABCD program indicates just how many parents in our community are looking for reliable, evidence-based information about parenting young adolescents.
Parental satisfaction with the program has been extremely high, with over 90 per cent of parents who have attended reporting that they enjoyed the program and found it helpful in improving their child’s behaviour.
This new publication details the many achievements of the program and how it has helped thousands of families navigate their way through the often turbulent teenage years.
To order a hard copy contact the Parenting Research Centre on 03 8660 3500.
Thursday, 29 October 2009
When parents and teenagers don’t see eye to eye
It comes as no surprise that the teenage years can be trying. And while most families manage to get through this period more or less intact, even enjoying each other’s company, for some families these turbulent years can be tough; a time of constant conflict, distress and high-risk adolescent behaviour. These families need strategic one-to-one help so their adolescents can develop their independence in a constructive way, and find their own place in the world supported by positive relationships.
Thursday, 29 October 2009
We don’t all speak the same language in Australia. We come from many different countries and cultures. But the transition from childhood to adulthood is important the world over.
Many Australian families find it difficult to steer their way through the turbulent teenage years, but the journey is much more difficult when language, cultural heritage and contrasting social expectations place additional pressures on relationships within the family.
Read more: ABCD extended to Chinese, Somali and Sudanese communities
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A selection of topics from ABCD parenting resources have been translated into the following languages:
