Psychological Insights For Understanding Covid-19 And Families, Parents, And Children

<P>With specially commissioned introductions from international experts, the <EM>Psychological Insights for Understanding COVID-19</EM> series draws together previously published chapters on key themes in psychological science that engage with people¿s unprecedented experience of the pandemic.</P><P></P><P>This volume collects chapters that address prominent issues and challenges presented by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic to families, parents, and children. A new introduction from Marc H. Bornstein reviews how disasters are known to impact families, parents, and children and explores traditional and novel responsibilities of parents and their effects on child growth and development. It examines parenting at this time, detailing consequences for home life and economies that the pandemic has triggered; considers child discipline and abuse during the pandemic; and makes recommendations that will support families in terms of multilevel interventions at family, community, and national and interna