Social Networks, Informal Child Care, and Inadequate Supervision by Mothers

Autor/in	Coohey, Carol
Titel	Social Networks, Informal Child Care, and Inadequate Supervision by Mothers
Quelle	In: Child Welfare, 86 (2007) 6, S.53-66 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-4021
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Supervision; Social Networks; Child Care; Parenting Skills; Child Neglect; Low Income; Social Support Groups; Family Relationship; Measures (Individuals); Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Kindesvernachlässigung; Niedriglohn; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Messdaten
Abstract	The purpose of this study is to determine whether less informal child care support from family and friends is related to supervisory neglect and, if there is a relationship, to test several explanations for why some mothers receive less child care. Thirty-two low-income mothers who did not adequately supervise their children were matched to 32 mothers who provided adequate supervision. The results showed the mothers who provided inadequate supervision received less child care support from their partners and relatives, but not their friends. These differences appear to be linked to several properties of the mothers' social networks. For example, the majority of the mothers who provided inadequate supervision either did not have a partner or knew them for less than one year. They had fewer family members living nearby and more negative relationships with them than the mothers who provided adequate supervision. To reduce chronic supervisory neglect, mothers may need assistance with both informal and formal child care support. (Contains 2 tables.) (Author).
Anmerkungen	Child Welfare League of America. P.O. Box 932831, Atlanta, GA 31193-2831. Tel: 800-407-6273; Tel: 770-280-4164; e-mail: order@cwla.org; Web site: http://www.cwla.org/pubs
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10