Chronic sorrow involves parents’ enduring grief due to their child’s disability. This stems not only from the recurring painful reality parents face, which differs from the life they had hoped for their children, families, and themselves but from also being confronted with societal and personal norms …

Effective collaboration between families and professionals in education and youth care is essential for supporting the development of children. Collaboration that centers on the child’s best interests benefits from the diverse perspectives of various stakeholders around a child. The Timeline helps to …

Een inspiratiesessie voor het team van een basisschool in Groningen met als onderwerp: samenwerken met ouders en thuis lezen.

Minoritized students’ ethnic backgrounds and racial appearances influence their academic opportunities and belonging experiences, and limit their access to safe and equal learning environments. In the Netherlands, limited research has focused on minoritized students’ experiences. In this study, we drew …

Als een vader in detentie komt, heeft dit veel invloed op het leven van de kinderen. De kinderen kunnen detentieschade oplopen. Om dit te voorkomen of te verkleinen is de Gezinsbenadering opgezet in twee gevangenissen in Noord-Nederland. Ook de context waarin de vader-kindrelatie zich plaatsvindt veranderd …

Worldwide, an increasing number of students seek private supplementary tutoring, known as ‘shadow education.’ Various studies report social class differences in the use of shadow education. High-SES families may invest in shadow education as a form of concerted cultivation, seeking to improve their children’s …

While the importance of professional support following very preterm delivery (VP) is established, the parental experience of support still warrants deeper understanding. Evaluation of a Dutch one-year post-discharge responsive parenting intervention following VP suggested that parents with lower educational …

Parents who grew up without digital monitoring have a plethora of parental monitoring opportunities at their disposal. While they can engage in surveillance practices to safeguard their children, they also have to balance freedom against control. This research is based on in-depth interviews with eleven …

This thesis focuses on topics such as preterm birth, variation in gross motor development, factors that influence (premature) infant gross motor development, and parental beliefs and practices. By gaining insight into these topics, this thesis aims to contribute to clinical decision-making of paediatric …