Welcome to the second issue of the twenty-sixth volume of JFSW. Included in this issue are three articles addressing parenting and multigenerational issues confronting families.
The first article, titled Measuring Family outcomes in parenting programs for children with neurodisabilities: A scoping review authored by Jeffrey McCrossin and Lucyna Lach examines how family-level outcomes are measured within parents programs delivered to parenting of children with neurodisabilities. Such parenting programs are considered standard care and advancing how related outcomes are conceptualized and measured can inform improved programming. Their review included 29 studies and the authors make recommendations to move beyond simply assessing child and parent well-being by assessing other aspects of family outcomes informed by a program’s theoretical framework.
The second article, authored by Justyna Siemionow, is titled Parenthood and family in the opinions of adult offenders: Qualitative study. Analyzing interview data collected from ten male prisoners about being fathers and their own childhoods and upbringing, the author makes recommendations for preparing imprisoned fathers for parenting upon release in order to reduce future behavior problems in their children.
The third article is authored by Nur Mohamed Hussin and Suziana Yasin and is titled Elopement and its implications to a family system: A sociocultural perspective. This qualitative study involved interviewing Malay couples about their perceptions of elopement and analyzing that data through a sociocultural perspective. In Malay culture elopement is typically seen through religious and legal lenses as a violation of values. The authors call for more research.
Together these three articles offer a diverse look at issues that confront families from different countries and cultures, and who are coping with varied and very difficult struggles.