Parent/caregiver sensitivity and responsiveness are important for children's health and
development. The “serve and return” metaphor was created to help providers and caregivers …

Background Children born very preterm demonstrate behavioural challenges due to clinical
factors, exposure to the high stress environment of intensive care, and separation from …

Attachment is a motivational system promoting felt security to a caregiver resulting in a
persistent internal working model of interpersonal behavior. Attachment styles are …

Background Quality of parent–child interaction in early childhood functions as a critical
indicator of nurturing care and is strongly associated with short‐term and long‐term …

Children born preterm, compared to term, are at risk for behavioral problems. However, the
prevalence and predictors of internalizing disorders among children born preterm are …

The scientific study of love underscores the importance of dyadic reciprocity in laying the
foundation for infants' social development. While research establishes links between early …

Children's externalizing behaviors are associated with impairments across the lifespan.
Developmental psychopathology theories propose transactional (bidirectional) associations …

Equity-denied families report barriers to accessing parenting supports, and online programs
have the potential to improve accessibility. First Pathways is a digital parenting program …

Background Maternal mental illness is a major growing global concern which can affect
parenting with serious negative implications for offspring. Group-based parenting programs …

Background Exposure to early childhood adversities, such as family violence, parental
depression, or low-income, undermine parent-child relationship quality and attachment …