Seven deadly sins of childhood: Advising parents about difficult developmental phases

Prevención del maltrato infantil: función del pediatra.2da parte. Prevención antes de que ocurra, ante la sospecha y con la confirmación del maltrato

“…Las dificultades en la negociación de estos conflictos pueden llevar al maltrato. 16 Hay etapas del desarrollo infantil con mayor riesgo de maltrato infantil: 17,18 las crisis de llanto del primer trimestre, los despertares nocturnos, la ansiedad de separación, el comportamiento exploratorio normal, el negativismo normal, la disminución del apetito y la resistencia al aprendizaje del control de esfínteres, los cambios puberales y los conflictos por la autonomía a lo largo de la adolescencia. El llanto es un desencadenante común de maltrato.…”

The Pediatrician's Role in Child Maltreatment Prevention

“…Schmitt 10 described what he called the "7 deadly sins" of childhood. He described normal developmental phases that may cause difficulty for some parents, specifically colic, awakening at night, separation anxiety, normal exploratory behavior, normal negativism, normal poor appetite, and toilet-training resistance.…”

Parent training programmes for managing infantile colic

“…This is believed to be important as parental anxiety can, in turn, reduce effectiveness of soothing strategies and increase the perceived impact of symptoms. Additionally, they seek to offer education on such soothing strategies or on understanding baby's potential needs in a manner that is consistent and in line with best practice to reduce conflicting messages, and offer a source of information that is not readily available to parents: baby often needs soothing or comfort rather than more feed, different feed, medicating, etc., and parents should be aware of the stress of a crying baby and seek to soothe themselves to avoid harming the child (Bryanton 2013;Chandran 2014;Levy 2015;Reijneveld 2001;Schmitt 1987). This combination of reassurance as to the natural history of symptom resolution, a consistent single set of messages regarding management advice, and explanation that a less anxious parent can reduce colic in the infant, will have two actions.…”

“…Established studies and reports may now be outdated (e.g. Schmitt 1987;Taubman 1984), and more recent reported approaches are based on different approaches (e.g. Hiscock 2014 is based on an intervention described in Cook 2012; Keefe 2005), and so an up-todate systematic review using Cochrane methodology is required.…”