A Nov. 9 article on the BBC website provided the following information about the study:
The report says its analysis suggests "the situation of at-risk children may be both graver and more hopeful than previously assumed".The BBC article quoted Demos Director Richard Reeves, who co-authored the report, as describing parenting as "the final frontier for issues of social justice and social mobility."
"In the case that differentially susceptible children are subjected to poor quality childcare, poor parenting, or the detrimental effects of poverty itself, their risk is increased substantially - it is risk squared.
"On the other hand, if interventions occur in the right way and at the right time, children with a poor start in life have every opportunity to make up for lost ground and even exceed their more advantaged peers: differential susceptibility may be one of the factors in what helps certain kids to 'buck the trend'."
Labels: mothers, parental influence, at-risk_youth
Posted By: Aspen/CRC