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parenting

the manner in which the senior managers of a company manage their subordinate companies or business units. Good parenting in the form of dear goals for business unit managers, monitoring of their performance, appropriate rewards and tight financial controls can improve the performance of these business units. See DIVERSIFICATION.

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It's a bit misleading to talk about parenting coordination in the context of obtaining evidence in high-conflict parenting disputes.

Obtaining evidence in high conflict parenting disputes, Part 4: parenting coordination

The online videos available at www.gotateen-ager.org.uk feature interviews with parenting experts, as well as interviews with teenagers themselves and cover topics such as sex, coping with aggressive teenagers and under-age pregnancies.

TYNESIDE-BASED national charity Parentline Plus [...]

(3.) Eastman KL et al., Worksite-based parenting programs to promote healthy adolescent development: a qualitative study of feasibility and potential content, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 2005, 37(2):62-69; Lieberman L, Berlin C and Skov N, The NiteStar STARLO theatre education approach to abstinence education for early adolescents in New York City, paper presented at the Abstinence Education Evaluation Conference, U.S.

Early predictors of sexual behavior: implications for young adolescents and their parents

Type 1--Parenting: Assist families with parenting and child-rearing skills, understanding child and adolescent development and setting home conditions that support children as students at each age and grade level.

Building a strong community partnership: when it comes to creating effectives school-family-community partnerships, take some advice from veteran districts

It is well documented that the probability of children and adolescents acquiring nonoptimal health behaviors and developmental problems increases substantially in the presence of ineffective parenting practices.

Parenting capacities and health outcomes in youths and adolescents (R21)

Yet "family values" remains the call to arms of many who support restricted parenting.

All happy families: the looming battle over gay parenting

Abstract: Research on teen pregnancy and parenthood indicates that teens are unprepared for parenting, and are likely to struggle socially and economically due to limited education and employment opportunities.

Essential components of a mentoring program for pregnant and parenting teens

In other cases, parental involvement has been conceptualized as parenting style or family interaction patterns.

Parent/guardian visualization of career and academic future of seventh graders enrolled in low-achieving schools

Moreover, parental involvement was a better predictor of school adjustment and engagement than other measures of parenting behavior, including monitoring and expectations.

Parental involvement in the classroom

Eighty-one percent (N = 21) reported that their perception of powerlessness occurred either in the role transition or in the activities of daily parenting. Many expected to continue experiencing powerlessness throughout the parenting of the child.

Grandfathers and the impact of raising grandchildren

Although simply touching a baby is a very important part of connection, developmental guidance as part of an experiential class helps parents become more excited about their baby and derive greater pleasure from parenting. For example, a hallmark of the Gentle Touch[R] approach is that it proceeds on each body part only after the baby's permission has been obtained through body language or verbal cues.

Infant massage: a nurturing welcome to the world

This program would enlist university faculty and students to respectively teach mathematics, language arts, and parenting and coping skills to parents and middle grade students.