Parenting in Families of Low Socioeconomic Status: A Review with Implications for Child Welfare Practice

Zilberstein, Karen

doi:10.1111/fcre.12222

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“…Research in this area is scarce, but certain patterns of parental socialization in lower SES households (e.g., interdependence, family orientation, obedience to authority) have been conceptualized as a better match to a social environment in which community members rely on each other for help. Such parental strategies may be at odds with the promotion of autonomy, independence, and self-reliance in higher SES environments (Zilberstein, 2016). For example, familism values (normative beliefs in the Latino population that emphasize interdependence and attachment among members of the immediate and extended family) may promote adaptive outcomes among low-income Mexican American youth for whom neighborhood and social support is particularly important (Gonzales et al, 2011).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Parenting and SES: relative values or enduring principles?

Roubinov

Boyce

2017

Current Opinion in Psychology

169

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The quality of parenting is a complex and multiply determined construct that is strongly influenced by the larger ecological context in which it evolves. A substantial body of literature has documented associations between socioeconomic status (SES) and parenting but has been limited in its consideration of factors that may explain or moderate the nature of this relation. The socioeconomic conditions within which a family lives may powerfully influence parenting through its effects on parental mental health and via differential access to resources. Parents’ childrearing knowledge and cultural values may also vary along a socioeconomic gradient, with downstream effects on parenting. Further, both socioeconomic factors and parenting can independently shape children’s health and development. A more comprehensive understanding of linkages between SES and parenting may inform preventive intervention efforts to support families from disadvantaged environments.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Parenting and SES: relative values or enduring principles?

Roubinov

Boyce

2017

Current Opinion in Psychology

169

101

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“…Nor was there any acknowledgement of the shame associated with state intervention into family life. Often referrals to parenting programmes or psychotherapy seek to change behavior rather than tackle the root causes of the problems, e.g., material deprivation (Zilberstein 2016). As one of the participants in the Gupta study illustrates, social work is "one of the most intimate relationships [individuals] have with the state" (Gupta et al 2018, p. 255).…”

Section: Poverty and Social Justicementioning

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Stripping the Wallpaper of Practice: Empowering Social Workers to Tackle Poverty

McCartan

Morrison²,

Bunting

et al. 2018

Social Sciences

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The relationship between deprivation and health and educational inequalities has been well evidenced in the literature. Recent UK research has now established a similar social gradient in child welfare interventions (Bywaters et al. 2018) with children living in the most deprived areas in the UK facing a much higher chance of being placed on the child protection register or in out-of-home care. There is an emerging narrative that poverty has become the wallpaper of practice, “too big to tackle and too familiar to notice” (Morris et al. 2018) and invisible amid lack of public support and political will to increase welfare spending. This paper will examine poverty-related inequalities and how these affect families. It will discuss the importance of recognising that poverty is a social justice issue and a core task for social work and outline the range of supports that may be available for families to help lift them out of poverty. Finally, it will describe the development of a new practice framework for social work in Northern Ireland that challenges social workers to embed anti-poverty approaches in their practice. The framework emphasises that poverty is a social justice issue, seeks to provide practical support and guidance to re-focus attention, debate, and action on poverty in times of global economic uncertainty and give social workers the tools to make it central to their practice once again. It reinforces the need for social workers to understand and acknowledge the impact of poverty, and to advocate for and support those most in need. It aims to challenge and empower professionals to tackle poverty and inequality as an aspect of ethical and effective practice.

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“…Because many of these family characteristics are interrelated and connected to other risk factors, however, it is difficult to determine the unique contribution of each to delinquency (Farrington, ). Still, as the Commission () noted, many of these factors such as the likelihood of intimate partner violence, having a parent who has been arrested or incarcerated, and troubled parental relationships, including lack of supervision and being involved in the child welfare system, are more common in poor neighborhoods and poor households (e.g., Pinchevsky and Wright, ; Wildeman, ; Zilberstein, ). Over time, deindustrialization and the loss of well‐paying factory jobs in the inner city, poor educational opportunities, poor housing options, lack of support from social services, and the loss of help from more economically advantaged families living nearby have only intensified family struggles for minorities, especially African Americans and single mothers, living in these impoverished areas.…”

Section: Then and Now: Understanding Delinquencymentioning

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Addressing Juvenile Crime

Lane

2018

Criminology & Public Policy

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At-risk and offending juveniles remain the most promising target group for crime reduction efforts. Many of the problems these youths faced in the 1960s remain or have intensified, and policies to address them have shifted. Yet, research on the causes, consequences, and best responses to juvenile crime has advanced considerably and provides important lessons for policy makers and practitioners moving forward. These include (a) help don't hurt; (b) provide better procedural protections; (c) continue to build, implement, and refine evidence-based programming; (d) tailor services; (e) tackle community-level problems; (f ) really listen and work together; (g) build better data systems; and (h) invest resources in children and teens. Providing a retrospective on the 1967 U.S. President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice report, I briefly summarize and update the Commission's findings on factors related to juvenile delinquency, outline the Commission's policy recommendations, review the research on policy and practice changes since the report, and consider current implications for policy and practice.

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Parenting in Families of Low Socioeconomic Status: A Review with Implications for Child Welfare Practice

Cited by 37 publications

References 45 publications

Parenting and SES: relative values or enduring principles?

Parenting and SES: relative values or enduring principles?

Stripping the Wallpaper of Practice: Empowering Social Workers to Tackle Poverty

Addressing Juvenile Crime

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