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The Gingerbread and One Plus One Seminar funded by the Nuffield Foundation
The legal and emotional implications of shared parenting-
How does it work?
Friday12th November 12.30pm -3pm.
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Why relationships matter
Poor quality parental relationships are associated with poor parenting and poor quality parent-child relationships.
PARENTING
Tasks: e.g. physical care, boundary setting
Behaviours: e.g. responsiveness, affection and positive regard
Relationship qualities: e.g. giving emotional security, secure attachment
CHILD OUTCOMES
Physical health Mental health
Educational achievementIncome
Anti-social behaviourOffending
Relationship stabilityEarly parenthood
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“Parenting - what parents actually do with and for children– arises from a wide variety of influences” Professor David Quinton
Supporting Parents: Messages from research, 2004
PARET ING
Parent Mental & physical health
geneticcharacteristics
childhood experience
current circumstances
Parent Mental & physical health
geneticcharacteristics
childhood experience
current circumstances
New partnerMental & physical
health
genetic characteristics
childhood experience
current circumstances
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Impact of Relationship Breakdown(Coleman and Glenn, 2009)
Unequivocal association between couple relationship breakdown and ill health, both physical and mental
Relationship must be high quality to be advantageous
Relationship breakdown should be viewed as a process; conflict is key
Dissolution of a relationship results in loss of protective benefits from being in a relationship as well as strains associated with the process of separation
Although divorce is more common, the adverse outcomes for adults and children have not diminished
Extensive reviews report associations between couple relationship breakdown and poor child outcomes
Negative impacts of relationship breakdown on children far from universal
Impact of multiple relationship transitions – particularly detrimental to children
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Moderating Factors
• A number of moderating factors can determine the impact of relationship breakdown
On adults they include:
Social and economic support, who initiated the separation, ability to forgive
On children they include:
Parenting quality, Financial resources, Maternal mental health, Childs age, Pre-divorce conflict, Communication between parent and child about separation, Relationship with child and contact after separation, New family setting
• Strong evidence that stresses facing children are mediated through parent child relationship
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Relationships: the Vicious Cycle
Father dissatisfied with relationship with mother
Mother critical of father – conflict rises
Mother feels unsupported
Father less involved with child
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Level 3
Working on it
Level 2
Talking about it
Level 1
Finding out about it
Level of engagement Stages of the helping process
EXPLORING
UNDERSTANDING
MAKING CHANGES
MAKING PLANS
REVIEWING
Levels of engagement and the helping process
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