Father involvement is linked to children's positive developmental outcomes in social-emotional development, cognitive development, and academic achievement (Wilson & Prior, 2011). While previous research in relation to children's development focus . . .

Child maltreatment and subsequent family involvement with Child Welfare Services exacts a high toll on children, families, communities, societies, and even on future generations. Maltreated children are at higher risk for developing insecure attachmen . . .

This project addresses the problem of the challenges that teenagers, their parents, and their teachers face during the adolescent years. Adolescents’ brains are fully developed in the emotional center but not in the frontal lobe, the seat of critical . . .

Approximately 50% of first US marriages will end in divorce and the percentage increases for second and multiple remarriages. Therefore, approximately 1 million US children are experiencing the process of divorce each year (Amato, 2010; US Department . . .