Not exact matches
Further reinforcing my thesis that the average household has largely reached a point of «saturation»
on the amount of debt that it can
support, the Federal Reserve reported that credit card
delinquencies on credit cards issued by small banks have risen sharply over the last year.
Applied social services may be concerned with the impacts of father absence
on children's social development (including juvenile
delinquency and engagement in criminal activities),
on the reasons why men do or do not provide child
support, or the role of father figures in child physical abuse.
A variety of studies suggest that fathers» engagement positively impacts their children's social competence, 27 children's later IQ28 and other learning outcomes.29 The effects of fathers
on children can include later - life educational, social and family outcomes.1, 2,26 Children may develop working models of appropriate paternal behaviour based
on early childhood cues such as father presence, 30,31 in turn shaping their own later partnering and parenting dynamics, such as more risky adolescent sexual behaviour32 and earlier marriage.33 Paternal engagement decreases boys» negative social behaviour (e.g.,
delinquency) and girls» psychological problems in early adulthood.34 Fathers» financial
support, apart from engagement, can also influence children's cognitive development.35
I learned this morning through a HousingWire article that the Center for Housing Policy, the Urban Institute, and the Local Initiatives
Support Corporation conducted an extensive report
on foreclosure and
delinquency in 366 metropolitan areas in the United States.
This past due balance is also referred to as arrearage and
delinquency, depending
on the state and the child
support order.
A report from the US Surgeon General concluded that nurse home visiting has shown significant effects
on the incidence of violence,
delinquency, and other related risk factors.32 Benefits in child development and child health are less clear, and the evidence for their
support is inconsistent.
Wim Meeus and several colleagues report that parental influence
on adolescent offending is strongest when an adolescent has no intimate partners; parental
support did not influence
delinquency for youth who consistently had a romantic partner over the course of the six - year study.88 In another recent study of serious adolescent offenders, girls who self - reported delinquent behavior were more likely to be strongly encouraged in that behavior by their current romantic partner.89 Interestingly, the association between partner encouragement and self - reported offending was strongest among youth reporting warm relationships with their opposite - sex parent.
Research shows that high - quality father involvement and
support are associated with a number of positive child outcomes, including decreased
delinquency and behavioral problems, improved cognitive development, increased educational attainment, and better psychological wellbeing.8 Children with involved fathers,
on average, perform better in school, have higher self - esteem, and exhibit greater empathy, emotional security, curiosity, and pro-social behavior.
Parenting has an impact
on emotional, social, and cognitive development, playing an important role in the aetiology of mental illness, educational failure,
delinquency, and criminality.1 Parenting is to some extent socially patterned, 2,3 and interventions to
support the development of «helpful» parenting therefore have a role to play in combating social inequalities in health.4 The best mental health and social outcomes are achieved by parents who supervise and control their children in an age appropriate way, use consistent positive discipline, communicate clearly and supportively, and show warmth, affection, encouragement, and approval.5 — 8
Fourth, family
support has a stronger effect than cognitive gain
on juvenile
delinquency (social - emotional competence), while their effect is about equal
on high school completion (cognitive competence).
Because most studies focused
on general
delinquency and to a much lesser extent
on overt or covert
delinquency we were able to conduct moderator analyses for only two parenting dimensions (
support and indirect parenting).
Our findings suggest that fathers may even have more influence
on their sons»
delinquency than mothers,
supporting the contention that it is important to work with fathers when treating
delinquency in boys.
Also, while both the cognitive advantage and family
support explained impacts
on early child outcomes, such as school achievement, family
support explained more of the effects
on juvenile
delinquency and about equally explained the effects
on school completion.
Applied social services may be concerned with the impacts of father absence
on children's social development (including juvenile
delinquency and engagement in criminal activities),
on the reasons why men do or do not provide child
support, or the role of father figures in child physical abuse.
A variety of studies suggest that fathers» engagement positively impacts their children's social competence, 27 children's later IQ28 and other learning outcomes.29 The effects of fathers
on children can include later - life educational, social and family outcomes.1, 2,26 Children may develop working models of appropriate paternal behaviour based
on early childhood cues such as father presence, 30,31 in turn shaping their own later partnering and parenting dynamics, such as more risky adolescent sexual behaviour32 and earlier marriage.33 Paternal engagement decreases boys» negative social behaviour (e.g.,
delinquency) and girls» psychological problems in early adulthood.34 Fathers» financial
support, apart from engagement, can also influence children's cognitive development.35
The results indicate that, for both African American and European American youth, low parental control influences
delinquency indirectly through its effect
on deviant peer affiliation, whereas maternal
support has both direct and indirect effects.
These programs have in common a combination of intensive family
support and early education services, and effects
on a broad range of child and family risk factors for
delinquency.
Emphasis is placed
on empirically
supported programs that have identified key malleable risk factors in children, families, and schools, which have been shown in longitudinal research to be related to later development of substance abuse,
delinquency, and violence.
Infants are dependent
on their parents and the quality of their parenting skills, and it is therefore important to
support the development of parenting skills in new parents, since lack of parenting skills can have detrimental and long term effects
on the infants, such as school failure, behavior problems, relationship problems, substance abuse, and
delinquency.
Support for the Rochester Youth Development Study and the Rochester Intergenerational Study has been provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (R01CE001572), the Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention (2006 - JW - BX - 0074, 86 - JN - CX - 0007, 96 - MU - FX - 0014, 2004 - MU - FX - 0062), the National Institute
on Drug Abuse (R01DA020195, R01DA005512), the National Science Foundation (SBR - 9123299), and the National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH56486, R01MH63386).
Prevention as cumulative protection: Effects of early family
support and education
on chronic
delinquency and its risks
This project was
supported by a Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) Rubicon Fellowship to S.B. Data collection was
supported through grants to R.L. from the Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention (96 - MU - FX - 0012), the National Institute of Mental Health (50778, 51091), and the National Institute
on Drug Abuse (411018).