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Positive parenting in South Africa: why supporting families is key to development and violence prevention

Open University of Cape Town (University of Cape Town)Published 8 April 2015Open access
Chandré Gould, Catherine L. Ward
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Abstract

Preventing and reducing violence by supporting parents is critical to national development. This policy brief explains how positive parenting relates to violence prevention and national development, and why the national implementation of evidence-based programmes to support positive parenting is both necessary and achievable.

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Social Sciences