Findings from the following research reports were pivotal in better understanding the feelings and needs of expectant and new parents. Many findings contributed to the development of prenatal and parenting resources such as The Parenting Partnership, The Welcome to Parenting online prenatal and parenting program and www.Parents2Parents.ca. The research conducted over the last several years has contributed in particular, to the development of Comfort, Play & Teach®, a parenting framework, which is the foundation of these powerful parent resources.
Vital Communities, Vital Support: How well do Canada’s communities support parents of young children?
Phase One: What is Known
Phase Two: What Parents Tell Us
If it takes a village to raise a child, how well are our villages doing? Are Canadian communities providing the support parents of young children need and yearn for? This research report looks at what social science, leading policy, research and program experts and parents themselves have to say about what parents want and need from their communities to support them in their parenting role.
» Download phases one and two of the Community Vitality report.
The Parenting Partnership - Final Learnings Report
The purpose of this report is to help program planners comprehend the underpinnings of The Parenting Partnership, a parent education program for new parents developed by the experts at Invest in Kids. Because Invest in Kids undertook multi-tiered design and evaluation activities, spread over a development phase and three pretests, the Design Team developed an overall wealth of learning about what parents want and need, as well as a ‘real-world’ picture of the operational realities of implementing this program.
» Download the Final Learnings Report (PDF)
National Survey of Parents of Young Children
In 1999, Invest in Kids commissioned a survey of over 1,600 parents to better understand the context in which young children are being raised in Canada. The survey's key findings give us a core understanding of how parents behave toward their children, what they know about child development and parenting, their confidence in their parenting skills, their emotional well-being and the differences across key subgroups of parents.
» Download the full report (PDF)
» Download the Executive Summary (PDF)
Parent Education: What is Required to Build the Skills Parents Need to Raise Healthy Children?
This report distils what decades of study tell us about what we know about infants, including their social, emotional and language development; what we know about parents, including paternal vs maternal behaviours, the marital relationship, and parental depression; and it identifies and evaluates parent education programs and defines the parameters for effective parent education programs. Thanks to The Lawson Foundation for making this report possible.
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Parenting in the Beginning Years: Priorities for Investment
This report explores key issues that impact the early child development of Canadian children; including their health, development and vulnerabilities; the knowledge, skill and support of their parents, and the delivery of parent education. Many thanks to The Lawson Foundation for making this report possible.
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