A study conducted in Eastside Los Angeles amongst Latinx families in the area showed that participation in community-derived mindfulness-based intervention training led to improvements in perceived stress, emotion regulation in parents,  and increased family social support for children.

Mindfulness-based Interventions for Latinx Families

Studies have supported the idea that mindfulness-based interventions can reduce stress and increase social support in and between immigrant families.

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Through mindfulness practices, parents are able to not only improve their own health and deal with the stress of being a parent but also improve their relationship with their children.  With their parents learning mindfulness practices, children are able to form more secure attachment styles and improve their own behavior.

Mindfulness in Parents

Li, M.J., Hardy, J., Calanche, L. et al. Initial Efficacy of a Community-Derived Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Latinx Parents and their Children. J Immigrant Minority Health 23, 993–1000 (2021). https://doi-org.libezproxy2.syr.edu/10.1007/s10903-021-01154-2



Initial Efficacy of a Community-Derived Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Latinx Parents and their Children

A mother's ability to regulate and appropriately respond to their child's needs  helps create a healthy mother-child attachment and helps the child grow developmentally.  Mindfulness has helped mothers navigate the stressors of parenthood and through them learning mindfulness techniques, they were able to change the behavior of their children through affect regulation. It is important to note that while the focus is on mothers, father-child attachment is important too.

How Mindfulness as a Parent Can Change Attachment

The MBCP program is based off of the popular Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.  MBCP is specific to all things parenthood as it uses mindfulness-based practices through pregnancy, childbirth, and early parenting to promote a healthy family life.

Mindfulness-Based Parenthood and Parenting - The MBCP Program

Mindfulness-Based Interventions Amongst Immigrant Parents

While parents are often the primary caregivers, a caregiver is anyone that helps an individual with day-to-day tasks.  Caregiving relationships outside of the traditional married mother-father relationship include:
- Coparenting
- Educators

Caregiving

Parenting or caring for children with: 
- Special Needs 
- Autism

Taking Care of Children with Additional Needs

- Dismissive (Avoidant) Attachment
- Fearful -Avoidant (Disorganized) Attachment
- Preoccupied (Anxious) Attachment
- Secure attachment 


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