Children in foster care often have no means of influencing matters that concern them, and
can easily become outsiders in their own lives. The United Nations Convention on the …

This paper examines the needs and stress reactions of children of mentally ill parents, as
well as coping and resilience. The study is based on the interviews of six 9–11 years old …

Objectives This study investigated trajectories of mothers' and fathers' depressive symptoms
from prenatal to 24 months postpartum. Prenatal correlates of the trajectories were also …

Study objectives Maternal and paternal sleep insufficiency during pregnancy appears to be
a risk factor for health and wellbeing in young families. Here, we evaluated the prevalence of …

Objective Sleep difficulties are highly prevalent and often persistent in young children, but
sometimes parents are worried about sleep symptoms that belong to the normative range …

Background Maternal and paternal depressive symptoms are related to children's emotional
problems, but their combined effect remains unclear. Here, we constructed four parental …

Day care in Finland comprising care, education and teaching—called Educare or the ECEC
model—can be used as an open care (community care) support measure for children whose …

In the general population, sleeping problems can precede an episode of depression. We
hypothesized that sleeping problems during pregnancy, including insomnia symptoms …

Objective: Sleep difficulties are associated with cognitive and behavioral problems in
childhood. However, it is still unclear whether early sleep difficulties are related to later …

In this longitudinal study, we examined how maternal bonding and psycho-social factors are
associated with social-emotional problems in two-year-old children. Our data came from a …