Responsive parenting: a strategy to prevent violence

Responsive parenting: a strategy to prevent violence

This edition of Early Childhood Matters addresses the theme of responsive parenting, and in particular the potential for responsive parenting programmes to reduce the incidence of violence against young children.

Articles examine the state of research, experiences in adapting parenting programmes to new cultural contexts, and the experiences of particular projects, with contributions from Jordan, Jamaica, Canada, the Netherlands, Brazil, Peru, Israel, Turkey and the United States.

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ISSN 1387-9553

Cover: Creciendo Juntos (Growing Together) project, Loreto region, Peru Photo: Courtesy Asociación Red INNOVA

Early Childhood Matters is also published in Spanish: Espacio para la Infancia (ISSN 1566-6476).

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