Every six baby that is born gets colic. It means that the child cries for at least three hours three days a week. For the child?s Parents this is one big strain and feelings like despair, helplessness and isolation are common. The nurse?s task is to support the Parents through respectful and empathic actions in order to relieve sufferings and increase their feelings of confidence.

To be able to adopt, the future adoptive Parents must participate in parental education and have a home investigation done. The home investigation is extensive and great demands are made on the Parents. The purpose with this study was to get an insight and understanding in the Parents? thoughts and feelings about the demands and expectations that are made on them during an international adoption. To answer this, we used these questions: Which demands and expectations are made on the future adoptive Parents by the home investigator and the parental educator? How do the future adoptive Parents experience the demands and expectations that are made on them before an adoption? Does the apprehension about the demands and expectations differ between the future adoptive Parents and the home investigator contrary the parental educator? We used a qualitative method, interviewing four couples of Parents, one home investigator and one parental educator.

Studies among Parents of children with disabilities have shown that they experience a higher level of parenting stress as well as a lower degree of wellbeing, compared to Parents of children without disabilities. However, there is a need to further explore Parents? experience on this matter within a Swedish context. The aim of the current study was to examine how Parents of preschool children, with and without disabilities, in Västerbotten, experience the impact of their child. A sample of 67 Parents of children with disabilities and 134 Parents of children without disabilities took part in the questionnaire study.

The aim of this paper is to clarify the importance of communication between Parents and educators, as well as collaboration. The survey involves cooperation between Parents and teachers in preschool and in the survey; it is the educators? role and approach that is made visible. The issues I answer with the help of the interviewed teachers in the paper are: In what ways considers the interviewed teachers that can create dialogues with Parents about children's daily life and activities? How do you describe the interviewed teachers that they interact with Parents in preschool and the various forms of collaboration describe the interviewed teachers that they use in preschool?What difficulties consider the interviewed teachers may apply when creating dialogues and cooperation with Parents in preschool Using a qualitative research method, the questions have been answered in the paper..

Background: Parents attitudes about illness and health reflects on their children. When the child has acute pain the Parents often reacts with fear and confusion. The demands on the parenting role increase and therefore it´s important that the nurse show consideration for the Parents experience and practise family nursing. Aim: The aim of this study was to illuminate Parents experiences in connection with their child´s acute pain in a caregiving situation. Method: This literature study is based on ten scientific articles.

In Gällivare municipality there is a drogpolitical plan which goal is to provide Parentsupport for the municipalities Parents, make sure the children get a schooling that is evolving and to provide a vide variety of activities for the children?s free time. There should be a possibility for children to have healthy second natures. There should also exist environments that are free from alcohol. At those restaurants that serve alcohol a responsible serving of alcohol should be performed.

Studies among Parents of children with disabilities have shown that they experience a higher level of parenting stress as well as a lower degree of wellbeing, compared to Parents of children without disabilities. However, there is a need to further explore Parents? experience on this matter within a Swedish context. The aim of the current study was to examine how Parents of preschool children, with and without disabilities, in Västerbotten, experience the impact of their child. A sample of 67 Parents of children with disabilities and 134 Parents of children without disabilities took part in the questionnaire study.

The aim of this essay is to study how Parents to children with learning disability experences the support they get from society. My main question has been: what kind of support offer does society offer this Parents? What is good and what is less satisfactory in this support? The study is based on a qualitative method. Five Parents with children who has learning disabilities has been used as base. The material has been analysed with a narrative, hernmeneutic perspective.The study concludes that the Parents, use in this case, find that society does not offer the necessary understanding for their problem of their family.

Studies among Parents of children with disabilities have shown that they experience a higher level of parenting stress as well as a lower degree of wellbeing, compared to Parents of children without disabilities. However, there is a need to further explore Parents? experience on this matter within a Swedish context. The aim of the current study was to examine how Parents of preschool children, with and without disabilities, in Västerbotten, experience the impact of their child. A sample of 67 Parents of children with disabilities and 134 Parents of children without disabilities took part in the questionnaire study.

Background: Overweight in children has been an increasing problem in recent years and research show that early intervention is important. The Parents? diet- and exercise habits are important to lay the foundation for a healthy lifestyle for their children. Aim: To investigate Parents? attitudes towards overweight in children.

The birth of a child marks a new era for the Parents. It is the beginning of something that will never end, because they will always be the child´s Parents. This study investigates what happens when an infant is born whit Downs syndrome (Ds), and thus does not resemble the child the Parents had expected. The purpose of this literature study was to describe the information and the support that the Parents of a newborn child with Ds think that they need. The literature search was made in the database of Medline (via Pub Med), Academic Search Elite and manual search.

This thesis deals with information practices of first time Parents. The term information practice covers topics ranging from the information a parent need and use, the information they actively seek for through to information attained through browsing, monitoring or simply being aware. Four problem areas have been formulated. What information do first time Parents need? How do they get hold of information and how do they use it? What factors decide what sources they use? How do the first time Parents validate the information they get? The following theoretical framework have been used; Marcia J Bates? model of information practice and Reijo Savolainen?s Mastery of Life theory.

The aim of this study was to increase our knowledge about how the ?Conversational-contact with the social services? is experienced by the Parents who attend it. The research was based on a qualitative method consisting of four individual interviews.Main issues of the study:? The Parents experience of the content of the meetings with the social workers? Do the Parents experience that the conversational-contact has contributed to some changes in their lives?Results indicated that all Parents were positiv to the conversational-contact. Afterwards they felt more secure and stable both as persons and in their role as Parents.

The purpose of this paper is to examine what opinions Parents have of the after school-centre, if they know that it has an objective and what that objective is. This will be examined by surveying Parents with children in after school-centre. The questions posed in the study are as follows: Do Parents know the objective of after school-centre? What is the general view of after school-centre among Parents? The results show that 41 percent know that there is an objective while 39 percent don't. Only 6 percent can describe what the objective is.

Background During the child?s first year of life there is a continuous contact with the Child Health Services (CHS) and the Parents feel confident and involved. After the first year, the visits to the CHS is reduced at the same time as the everyday life changes for the family as the child starts going to day-care and the Parents often go back to work.Aim To examine what it is like being a parent to children aged one to five and what kind of parenting support Parents of children aged one to five are in need of.Method Semi-structured interviews were used to interview 25 Parents in 21 telephone interviews and one focus group with 4 Parents. The recruiting of Parents was done on site at one open day-care and with the help of CHS nurses in Sweden. There were 10 men and 15 women.