Call to expand parenting programmes for struggling families after promising study findings

7 February 2 mins read Derren Hayes Social Care Health

Experts are calling for greater investment in parenting programmes after latest research shows providing support for struggling parents can deliver a range of improved outcomes for them and their children.

Parents should be offered specialist support to reduce the impact of early trauma, experts say. Picture: Adobe Stock

Parenting support can improve relationships between parents and young children, study finds. Picture: Rawpixel.com/AdobeStock

Evidence gathered for a new guide finds that there is “strong evidence” that participating in evidence-based parenting support programmes can strengthen relationships between parents and children aged three and under, boost parenting skills and improve a child’s behaviour in the short and long term.

The Parenting Through Adversity guide, produced by children’s social care what works centre Foundations and commissioned by the Department for Education, also finds that there is “promising evidence” that attending evidence-based parenting interventions helps reduce the risk of more serious harm and abuse to children experiencing vulnerabilities.

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