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When the child is asked to be a carrier of adult messages

30. March 2011.
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From the Book: Working with high-conflict families of divorce

Written by: Prof. Sc.D. Gordana Buljan Flander

Parents, ask for support when you and your child need it

Director's noteUnfortunately, even today it is difficult for some parents to seek help and admit that it is not easy for them to face the challenges of parenting. I would like to inform all parents that it is not shameful or a sign of parental incompetence to ask for help when we need it, in fact, we are doing harm to our child otherwise. When we seek help we are taking care not only of the child, but also of the family and for ourselves, and we are showing the child that it's okay to not to know the answer sometimes or not to be able to do it yourself as long as you work hard and try to solve the problem.

Published: 31. May 2019. | Read more >

8 things we can do right now to prevent child abuse

TopicsToday, November 19, marks the Day for Prevention of Child Abuse. Prevention is a term we talk a lot about, but we seem to act too little and not systematically. Prevention is based on science: there are thousands of scientific findings and practical examples on how to identify problems, how to create a prevention program, how to implement and evaluate it, how much benefits do successful prevention programs bring, both in human and economic sense. Research shows that every dollar invested in youth population prevention saves $30 - $5,000 in the future. However, these gains are long-term. They require consistent and systematic implementation, investment now to see results in far future - 10 or 20 years from now. Unsurprisingly, we don't put a lot of effort and money in prevention, living in a world of a constant rush, demanding results now and immediately, demanding proof of success today from yesterday's actions. But we should have.

Published: 19. November 2019. | Read more >