Food insecurity undermines children’s social-emotional development, but less is known about how different aspects of food insecurity differentially impact outcomes. Food insecurity can vary in severity and in whether parents or children within a household directly experience it. Using repeated daily observations of food insecurity and parent and child well-being, this study examines how different types of food insecurity shape outcomes. Drawn from a predominantly rural, low-income sample of parents (N = 272, 90% mothers, mean age = 35, 61.4% Latinx, 8.6% Black, 30.0% White/other) and their school-aged children (ages 4–11, 50% female), results indicate that negative effects on parent and child well-being increase alongside food insecurity severity, and that child functioning is impaired even when their food consumption is not affected.
Caitlin T. Hines, Samantha Steimle, Rebecca M. Ryan
Parental separation and divorce are common family transitions that can affect children’s emotional, social, and developmental well-being. These challenges are particularly pronounced in high-conflict separations, especially when disputes escalate into judicial proceedings, where prolonged parental conflict and litigation may heighten risks for children. This study aims to provide a comprehensive overview of interventions designed to enhance the well-being of children affected by parental divorce. Using a scoping review methodology, we systematically examined the existing literature on programs targeting child well-being following parental divorce. A systematic search of EBSCO, PubMed, ERIC, Scopus, and Google Scholar yielded 131 unique records, of which 23 studies met the inclusion criteria and were included in the final analysis. The findings indicate that interventions primarily target known mediators of risk, such as parenting difficulties and family conflict, highlighting the importance of effective co-parenting and family dynamics. However, there is a notable scarcity of rigorous evaluations assessing the long-term effectiveness of these interventions across diverse cultural and temporal contexts. This review identifies strengths and limitations within existing programs and highlights significant gaps in literature, particularly regarding the need for more comprehensive evaluations and greater integration of children’s perspectives.
Importance: Current guidelines recommend screen time limitations for young children in favor of their ongoing development and well-being. Distinguishing momentary patterns of screen use in relation to childhood well-being will further inform screen time recommendations to better reflect contemporary childhood digital experiences. Objective: To investigate the associations between momentary children's screen use, parent-child interactions, emotions, and externalizing behavior. Design, Setting, and Participants: In this ecological momentary assessment (EMA) study, parent-reported methodology was used to measure children's screen-based experiences. Reporting on the last hour, assessments were provided up to 3 times per weekday and 5 times per weekend day, across a 2-week period from May to November 2024. Parents completed momentary assessments in their everyday environments, capturing typical fluctuations in children's habits, emotions, and behaviors. Participants identified as parents of children in the first 3 years of formal schooling. Exposure: Children's use of screens including screen use, duration, activities, and solo vs co-use details. Main Outcomes and Measures: Children's momentary affect, externalizing behaviors, and parent-child interactions were measured using subsets of items from the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule Short form, the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, and the Child Parent Relationship Scale-Short form, respectively. Results: A total of 934 momentary assessments from 42 parents (mean [SD] age, 38.7 [4.9] years; 33 female [79%]) of children (mean [SD] age, 6.4 [1.2] years; 24 male [57%];) were included in analyses. Multilevel modeling indicated screen use duration was associated with lower levels of both positive affect (b = -0.16; 95% CI, -0.30 to -0.02; estimating screen time b = -0.05; 95% CI, -0.08 to -0.01) and negative affect (b = -0.12; 95% CI, -0.24 to -0.01; estimating screen time b = -0.10; 95% CI, -0.15 to -0.06). Interactive activities (b = 0.26; 95% CI, 0.04-0.47) and co-use (b = 0.17; 95% CI, 0-0.34) were significantly associated with positive affect. Parent-child interactions negatively estimated screen use duration (b = -0.07; 95% CI, -0.13 to -0.02). Conclusions and Relevance: Results of this study suggest that the associations between children's digital experiences and well-being are complex and bidirectional. The momentary associations found in this study provide evidence for moving beyond duration-focused recommendations toward context-sensitive guidelines that consider the dynamic nature of children's digital experiences.
Jacquelyn A. S. Harverson, Jeromy Anglim, Louise E. Paatsch et al.
The purpose of this study is to develop and validate an evaluation scale of children’s ‘well-being’ from children’s perspectives. First, through theoretical and prior research, four areas of ecological environment that most affect children’s well-being were derived: health, relationship, education, and emotion. Then, 166 questions were developed to measure well-being regarding the four areas. Second, 133 questions were selected through a content validity verification process by five experts, and 126 preliminary questions were extracted by conducting a first preliminary survey of 30 children. The questions were further validated by conducting a second preliminary survey of 107 children aged 6-13 from preschool educational institutions and four different elementary schools located in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do. Third, to extract and find relations to the four areas of ecological environment from the collected data, exploratory factors and reliability coefficients were analyzed and calculated. As a result, 12, 1, 9, and 6 components were extracted from “health factor”, “relationship factor”, “education factor”, and “emotion factor”, respectively. The reliability coefficients were calculated to be .61, .89, .87, and .81 for the respective health, relationship, education, and emotion factors. Based on the findings, suggestions and implications for follow-up studies were discussed.
No single conceptual framework currently captures the overall well-being of children experiencing maternal incarceration. To address this gap, we examined whether an existing, population-based child well-being framework, developed by the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth’s (ARACY), is able to account for factors known to influence the well-being of children in the context of maternal incarceration. Using a meta-narrative method, our synthesis of 97 documents revealed that the domains in the ARACY framework account for the overall well-being of children experiencing maternal incarceration; contextual factors specific to these children were not well represented. These factors include those that shape what well-being looks like for children experiencing maternal incarceration, those that are common to these children but not directly related to maternal incarceration, and those directly related to maternal incarceration itself. Therefore, while population-based frameworks like ARACY’s can serve as a useful tool to improve understanding of the well-being outcomes of children experiencing maternal incarceration, such frameworks should not be used for policy and practice translation without consideration of these unique contextual factors. Failure to do so may lead to inadequate support targets and indicators that poorly measure meaningful change for this population. Based on our findings, we suggest policy and practice efforts prioritise understanding well-being from different cultural perspectives, address pre-existing disadvantage, and implement multisystemic interventions tailored to individual children’s needs. Future research should develop robust prevention and intervention strategies that account for implementation challenges while deepening the theoretical and empirical understanding of these children’s unique well-being needs.
Corrie Williams, Tara Renae McGee, Robyn Garland et al.
Following the release of a report by the Tennessee Department of Education on COVID‐19's impact on children across the state, officials announced plans to move forward with efforts to help communities check on the kids and support their holistic needs.
In time, we can steadily raise up additional mental health and behavioral health professionals and programming. We can more rapidly alleviate distress and provide redress for parents, children, and families.
OBJECTIVES: to understand maternal perceptions of maternal and child well-being based on Shantala massage and discuss its association with the third Sustainable Development Goal. METHODS: a descriptive-exploratory study in the light of Symbolic Interactionism. Eight women, mothers of infants, participated in five online meetings to teach Shantala massage, collected in focus groups, between November and December 2021. The data was subjected to thematic content analysis and lexical analysis with IRAMUTEQ®. RESULTS: two categories emerged, 1) Maternal perceptions of Shantala massage and its promotion of child well-being and 2) Maternal perceptions of Shantala massage and its impact on their well-being, interconnected with subcategories. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: Shantala massage promoted mutual impacts on maternal and child well-being, working together to achieve the third Sustainable Development Goal.
Danton Matheus de Souza, Letícia Sangali, Fernanda Marçal Ferreira et al.
이 연구는 발달, 놀이경험, 겨육 등의 아동 생활세계에서의 교육적 경험을 중심으로 아동 참살이를 바로 보기 위한 연구이다. 이를 위해 학술 빅데이터 분석을 통해 전문가들의 아동참살이에 대한 이해에 기반하여 경헝론의 관점에서 아동참살이의 본연의 모습을 드러내고자 하였다. 연구결과 학술빅데이터 분석에서는 아동참살이와 관련하여 활동, 신체, 정서, 주관, 심리 등의 심리학적 주제어가 높은 빈도로 집중연결을 나타냈다. 반성적 태도전회로 참 잘 살고 있는 아동은 성인과 구분되는 타자로, 미숙한 발달되어야 하는 존재로 굴절시켜 성인의 통제와 개입을 정당화 하여, 개별 존재의 고유함으로 실존하는 아동의 본래성을 훼손하고 있다고 지적하였다. 테크놀로지의 현대사회에서의 인간소외는 표상의 세계에서의 주관적 표상을 상실한 개인을 의미하는 것으로 아동이 경험하는 고유한 개별 존재의 주관적 표상, 더 나아가 타자와의 윤리에 기반한 대화를 통한 표상의 융합으로의 약진으로, 아동 존재의 고유한 삶의 영토를 확장시켜 아동참살이를 실현 할 수 있도록 해야하겠다. 마지막으로 인류와 사회는 훗설의 ‘사랑의 공동체’ 지향으로 현대문명사회의 위기극복은 물론 아동참살이와 인류공영의 이념적 토대를 마련해야 함을 논의하였다.For the empirical understanding of child slavery, we analyzed academic big data and examined the dynamics of child and environment experience for child slavery from an empirical point of view. In this study, we investigate major themes and concepts by collecting large data data of scholarly data, focusing on related topic data, analyzing keywords and networks, and examining themes and concepts of Hume and Dewey. saw. As a result, the main themes for child survivors were development, play, and education. The essence of this empirical approach was a continuous process of extended circulation of play experience based on child freedom . In addition to the human environment for the experience of child abduction and the physical environment, it means an extension of the process of extraterrestrial circulation to others and their own societies and the world beyond the expansion of their own existence. We discussed the theoretical and philosophical foundation as well as the importance of practice.
Objective: The paper examines the effects of parental repartnering (including residential and nonresidential partnerships) on children’s well-being. Background: An increasing number of children experience the repartnering of their parents. While previous research has focused on coresidential repartnering, this paper also considers the transition to a steady nonresidential (living apart together – LAT) partnership of formerly single parents. Specifically, the paper examines whether these transitions differ in their effect on children. Method: This study uses data from the German Family Panel (pairfam) to analyze the effects of parental repartnering on children’s emotional and behavioral well-being. The children in the sample were seven to 16 years old. Individual fixed effects regressions were estimated for two types of parental partnership transitions: the formation of a LAT partnership and the formation of a coresidential partnership. Results: The results show that children's emotional symptoms increased in response to both parental LAT repartnering and coresidential repartnering, whereas children’s conduct problems increased only in response to parental coresidential repartnering. Conclusion: These findings suggest that the formation of a nonresidential partnership by a parent can affect children's emotional well-being, and thus should be considered when analyzing post-separation family development.
