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This chapter presents a new and unexpected finding from my research regarding the importance of whole family engagement with the parenting programme. Parents report the need for consistency and continuity in their parenting and how this is best assured by both parents adopting the same positive strategies. This highlights the danger of one parent becoming the “expert” and the other feeling disempowered.
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Smart, K. (2020). The Significance of the Family Working Together. In: Parenting Programmes: What the Parents Say. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59502-9_6
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