The Growing up Together Online (Ustić, Klarić, Krajcar Kokalj i Špaček, 2020) was evaluated in a with 62 vulnerable parents (engaged with the social welfare services) who participated in piloting of the program during 2020 and 2021.

Their self-reports on measures of general self-esteem, parental sense of competence, and parenting experience and morale before the programme were significantly lower that at the end of the programme. On the other hand, according to the parents’ self-reports, their angry, harsh, and violent parenting practices decreased at the end of the programme. 

(The study is under review for publication)