Abstract
Abstract Paediatricians and healthcare professionals working with children are well placed to observe parents and see a wide range of parenting from the exceptional to the abusive. Parenting has important short, medium and long term effects on child physical and mental health. Understanding these effects more fully helps paediatricians to comment on parenting, offer advice or refer to parenting programmes. This article outlines advances in neuroscience and attachment theory as well as contemporary issues that underpin the case for parenting intervention. It also discusses the rationale and evidence base for particular programmes, the UK policy context, and makes some suggestions on how paediatricians may wish to support better parenting.
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