Parental Engagement, Parenting Time & Family Well-Being

Publications on parents’ ability to contribute to their children’s emotional and psychological well-being. This includes materials regarding custody, parenting time, healthy parenting, benefits of fatherhood, two-parent cooperation, and other related topics.

Shared Placement in Wisconsin: An Overview of Trends, Child Support Guidelines, Payments and Cost-Sharing, and Economic Implications
Published July 2025

Father Involvement and Emotion Regulation in Early Childhood
Papa, V., Biancalani, G., Ponti, L., & Coppola, G. (2024).
Father involvement and emotion regulation in early childhood: A systematic review. BMC Psychology, 12, Article 182.

Fathers Advancing Community Together
Published August 2020

Challenges and Successes of Pregnancy Assistance Fund Programs Supporting Young Fathers
Published April 2020

Coordinating Parenting Time and Child Support: Experiences and Lessons Learned from Three States
Published March 2020

The Relationship Between Child Support and Parenting Time
Family Law Quarterly. Vol. 54, 2020

Parenting Time and Child Support: Information for Fatherhood Programs and Fathers.
Authors: Jessica Pearson and Anny Byrne. February 2021.  Center for Policy Research.

Improving Child Support Enforcement Outcomes with Online Dispute Resolution
Published August 2019

Parenting Time Opportunities for Children
Published August 2019

Considering Contextual Influences on Fatherhood Program Participants’ Experiences in Alabama
Published August 2019

Potential Monetary Value of Responsible Fatherhood Program Outcomes for Fathers and Children
Published June 2019

The Role of Child Support Debt on the Development of Mental Health Problems among Nonresidential Fathers
Published May 2019

Transforming Colorado’s Child Support Services to a Two-Generation Approach: Lessons Learned from Implementing an 11-County Pilot Study
Published May 2019

Child Support Compliance in Fatherhood Programs: The Role of Hope Salience, and Parenting Skills
Published February 2019

Final Evaluation Report: Do Responsible Fatherhood Programs Work? A Comprehensive Meta-Analytic Study
Published December 2018

An Evaluation of the Oregon Parenting Time Opportunities for Children Grant: Mediation and Interactive Parenting Plans
Published December 2017

Enhancing Father Involvement in Low-Income Families: A Couples Group Approach to Preventive Intervention
Published March 2017

Joint Custody and Child Well-being
Bergström, M., Fransson, E., Modin, B., Berlin, M., Gustafsson, P. A., & Hjern, A. (2015). Fifty moves a year: Is there an association between joint physical custody and psychosomatic problems in children? Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 69(8), 769–774.