An Assessment of Two Parenting Training Manuals Used in Swedish Parenting Interventions |
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| Authors: | Hetty Rooth Ulla Forinder Katarina Piuva Maja Söderbäck |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Health, Care and Social Welfare, M?lardalen University, V?ster?s, Sweden;2. Department of Social Work, G?vle University, G?vle, Sweden;3. Department of Social Work, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | In Sweden, all parents of children aged 0–18 years are entitled to attend free parenting courses as part of a national strategy presented by the Government in 2009. This broad parental support welfare strategy is expected to fulfil the intentions of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. In this study, two parenting training manuals were analysed: the Canadian Connect program, based on attachment theory, and the Swedish ABC program, based on social learning theory. The results indicate that the manuals use strategies that can both hinder and support children's rights, regardless of rhetoric of children's best interests. |
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| Keywords: | children children's rights parenting policy and practise welfare |
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