WABI covers opening of Parenting Relationships Research Lab
(Channel 5) attended the opening of the Parenting Relationships Research Lab created by Daniel Puhlman, assistant professor of family studies. Research in the lab will focus on relationships involved in parenting, especially parents鈥 connections with each other and their children, as well as with grandparents, extended family members, teachers and other caregivers. The Merrill Hall lab also will be a center for community outreach. 鈥淲e also want to bridge this idea of research and practice together,鈥 Daniel Puhlman told WABI. 鈥淪o taking the research and scholarship on parenting and get it to the community in a way that鈥檚 usable that people can do something with it. Sometimes that disconnect is pretty significant, and so, we want to make that much more realistic and usable for parents.鈥