Impact of the parenting style of foster parents on the behaviour problems of foster children

Fuentes, María Jesús; Salas, María D.; Bernedo, Isabel M.; García-Martín, Miguel Ángel

doi:10.1111/cch.12215

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“…Foster parents can share ideas with each other about how to work with a child who are picky eaters or how to handle chores. Foster parents may need additional help in developing and maintaining social support networks (Fuentes, Salas, Bernedo, & García‐Martín, ; Harden, Clyman, Kriebel, & Lyons, ) and have requested more time with experienced peers or “veteran” foster parents (Cooley & Petren, ).…”

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Finding a routine that works: A mixed methods study of foster parents

Helton

Schreiber

Wiley

et al. 2017

Child & Family Social Work

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Although it is well established that daily routines are important for family well‐being, very little research has been done on how foster parents establish and integrate new foster children into family routines. We used a mixed‐methods, cross‐sectional design, focused on qualitative results to explore how foster parents utilize routines. Twenty‐three foster parents were recruited from a private child welfare agency in a large city in the United States. Surveys were administered to obtain demographic information, overall home atmosphere, and the importance and prevalence of different routines, including mealtimes and sleep schedules. Nine foster parents received a semistructured interview with open‐ended questions. Foster parents reported that routines such as bedtimes, mealtimes, chores, and homework were essential to family well‐being. Because both parents and children had to adjust to living together in an intimate family environment, it was important to establish routines quickly. Foster parents modified routines depending on their child's needs. Along with typical family routines, foster parents reported additional tasks, such as visits with biological parents, meetings with caseworkers, and trainings that affected their family schedule. Results imply that training foster care workers and foster parents about routines can engender stability and emotional belonging for children.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Finding a routine that works: A mixed methods study of foster parents

Helton

Schreiber

Wiley

et al. 2017

Child & Family Social Work

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“…Correspondingly, Holland (2009) found that children who are placed in foster care and then age out without adoption or reunification with the birth family demonstrated worse outcomes than those who were in situations of maltreatment, but remained with their biological family, suggesting a complicated calculus of factors that influence these outcomes. A child's personal characteristics and history of maltreatment, especially sexual abuse, mediates placement disruption (Crum, 2009), yet Fuentes et al (2014) found that traits like age, race/ethnicity, and length of placement were not significant predictors of displacement.…”

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“…Children often enter foster care having suffered emotional, psychological, and/or physical maltreatment along with learned maladaptive coping skills, all while experiencing disruption and loss. This combination of factors often leads to negative outcomes for youth (e.g., Bigner, 2010;Ahmed, Windsor, & Scott, 2015;Fuentes, Salas, Bernedo, & Garcia-Martin 2014). However, many young people who move through the foster care system experience positive outcomes and healthy development; this is especially true for those who leave dangerous situations, are placed with proactive, well-trained foster caregivers, and receive support from the wider community.…”

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Beyond Expectations: From Foster Children to Foster Parents

Hamilton¹,

Harris

2018

IJE

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Little research exists on long-term outcomes for adults who have been in foster care as children, with even less research on former foster children who become foster parents themselves. Foster care and maltreatment exert significant independent and interdependent impacts on youth outcomes. While traditional research often focuses on predicting and mitigating negative outcomes, new studies indicate success using a positive youth development approach that is strengths-based targeting positive outcomes, such as strong empathy skills. These outcomes align with the demonstrated skills that lead to successful foster parenting. The current review examines the possible transition from foster child to foster parent through the lenses of parenting styles, attachment, and family systems theories, as well as positive youth development and social justice youth development theories. The authors propose utilizing theory and proven interventions to address foster youths’ attachment and emotional development needs, recognize positive outcomes for youth in foster care, and employ evidence-based training programs in place for at-risk parent groups to help break the cycle that leads to displacement. The need for more research to assist foster children, parents, case workers, and systems to promote healthy youth development is discussed.

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“…Parents play an important role in establishing and maintaining children's oral health behaviours through their beliefs 26 , role modelling 27 , parenting self-efficacy 28 and parenting style 29 , yet few studies have explored foster carers' parenting styles or examined the foster care environment in the context of children's health 30 . Lipscombe et al 31 suggested that an authorative parenting style that involved explaining rules and behaviours and setting boundaries was the style that foster children were most able to adapt to.…”

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How do foster carers manage the oral health of children in foster care? A qualitative study

Muirhead

Subramanian

Wright

et al. 2017

Comm Dent Oral Epid

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This is the first study to explore foster carers' oral health perspectives and the foster family environment within the oral health context. It highlights the unrecognized and important role that foster carers have in improving the oral health of vulnerable children. Further research is needed to explore the relationship between foster carers and dentists and to support the development of health and social care interventions to improve foster children's oral health.

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Impact of the parenting style of foster parents on the behaviour problems of foster children

Cited by 29 publications

References 26 publications

Finding a routine that works: A mixed methods study of foster parents

Finding a routine that works: A mixed methods study of foster parents

Beyond Expectations: From Foster Children to Foster Parents

How do foster carers manage the oral health of children in foster care? A qualitative study

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