Parenting and Child/Adolescent Development: Current Updates and Global Perspectives

Dear Colleagues,

Family dynamics, parenting practices and parent/caregiver–child relationship have a formative effect and long-term implications for children’s health, well-being and socioemotional, cognitive, neurobiological development, also including later stages of life. Family connectedness, communication and relationships with parents and family members also provide important role models and contribute to the development of identity and the adoption of skills and behaviours in adolescence. This Special Issue takes a multidisciplinary stance and aims to collect theoretical, methodological and empirical papers on topics related to the influence of the family type, structure and family dynamics, the gendered aspect of parenting and care for children and adolescents, i.e. the role of mothers’ and fathers’ involvement and parenting practices, and their implications for child/adolescent development, health and well-being; the involvement of extended family members in care for children and adolescents; the role of the cultural practices of parenting in different social contexts; the role of the institutional and policy context, reflected in early childhood education and care (ECEC) policies, family and youth policies and services for families, children and adolescents.

Dr. Elitsa Dimitrova
Prof. Dr. Apolinaras Zaborskis
Guest Editors

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• child development
• adolescent development
• health, well-being and health behaviour of children and adolescents
• family type, structure and family dynamics
• parent–child/adolescent relationships
• parenting practices and involvement in care for children and adolescents
• gendered aspects of parenting and care for children and adolescents
• generational aspects of care for children and adolescents
• early childhood education and care (ECEC) policies, family and youth policies
• services for families, children and adolescents