Parenting Matters: Supporting Parents of Children Ages 0-8

by The National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, Board on Children Youth and Families, Committee on Supporting the Parents of Young Children, et al.

Decades of research have demonstrated that the parent-child dyad and the environment of the family--which includes all primary caregivers--are at the foundation of children's well- being and healthy development. From birth, children are learning and rely on parents and the other caregivers in their lives to protect and care for them. The impact of parents may never be greater than during the earliest years of life, when a child's brain is rapidly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309388546
• ISBN13: 9780309388542
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 524 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"