This is crucial for students like Aaron, another 20 - year - old, who arrived with
fewer verbal skills and more uncontrolled behaviors.
Customer service,
verbal communication, and knowledge of restaurant equipment, computers, and procedures are a
few skills that employers often like to see on a restaurant resume.
For example, compared to older mothers, teen mothers display lower levels of
verbal stimulation and involvement, higher levels of intrusiveness, and maternal speech that is less varied and complex.47, 48 Mothers with
fewer years of education read to their children less frequently25, 49 and demonstrate less sophisticated language and literacy
skills themselves, 50 which affects the quantity and quality of their
verbal interactions with their children.2 Parental education, in turn, relates to household income: poverty and persistent poverty are strongly associated with less stimulating home environments, 51 and parents living in poverty have children who are at risk for cognitive, academic, and social - emotional difficulties.52, 53 Finally, Hispanic and African American mothers are, on average, less likely to read to their children than White, non-Hispanic mothers; 54 and Spanish - speaking Hispanic families have
fewer children's books available in the home as compared to their non-Hispanic counterparts.25 These racial and ethnic findings are likely explained by differences in family resources across groups, as minority status is often associated with various social - demographic risks.