The Critical Role of Parenting in Human Development

Parent‐child interactions and children with cerebral palsy: An exploratory study investigating emotional availability, functional ability, and parent distress

“…Understanding the contribution of the parent-child relationship to child development has largely been informed by attachment theory (Bowlby, 1969(Bowlby, /1984, with particular emphasis on parental sensitivity and responsiveness (Van Zeijl et al, 2006). More recently, research has found that the attachment between parent and child also primes parents to provide stimulation to their child to facilitate development (Klebanov & Travis, 2014). Attachment theory provides the foundation for the concept of emotional availability, used to describe the emotional signalling that occurs between the parent and child during interactions (Biringen, Dersscheid, Vliegen, Clossan, & Easaterbrooks, 2014).…”

Judgements of health and social care professionals on a child protection referral of an unborn baby: Factorial survey

“…Adverse childhood experiences such as the lack of a positive parenting role model may impact upon parenting practices risking the repeat of the same negative experiences for the unborn baby (Klebanov & Travis, 2015). In this study, the childhood experiences of a pregnant woman presented a higher risk to unborn babies, compared with those who had a secure upbringing.…”

Integrative parent psychotherapy: Using the cyclical psychodynamics approach.

“…Ample research has shown that parenting practices impact child behavior, development, and well-being (Bornstein, 2015;Klebanov & Travis, 2014). For this reason, child psychotherapists suggest that no child therapy can be successful without some level of change in the parents, the parent-child relationship, and the family dynamics (Cohen, 2017).…”