Intergenerational Social Mobility: The United States in Comparative PerspectiveFuture of Children - Tập 16 Số 2 - Trang 19-36 - 2006
Emily Beller, Michael Hout
Emily Beller and Michael Hout examine trends in U.S. social mobility, especially as it relates to the degree to which a person's income or occupation depends on his or her parents' background and to the independent contribution of economic growth. They also compare U.S. social mobility with that in other countries. They conclude that slower economic growth since 1975 and the...... hiện toàn bộ
The Consequences of Childhood Overweight and ObesityFuture of Children - Tập 16 Số 1 - Trang 47-67 - 2006
Stephen R. Daniels
Researchers are only gradually becoming aware of the gravity of the risk that overweight and obesity pose for children's health. In this article Stephen Daniels documents the heavy toll that the obesity epidemic is taking on the health of the nation's children. He discusses both the immediate risks associated with childhood obesity and the longer-term risk that obese childre...... hiện toàn bộ
Evaluation of Hawaii's Healthy Start ProgramFuture of Children - Tập 9 Số 1 - Trang 66 - 1999
Anne K. Duggan, Elizabeth McFarlane, Amy Windham, Charles A. Rohde, David S. Salkever, Loretta Fuddy, Lynn Rosenberg, Sharon B. Buchbinder, Calvin Sia
Prevention and Drug TreatmentFuture of Children - Tập 19 Số 2 - Trang 147-168 - 2009
Mark F. Testa, Brenda D. Smith
Evidence linking alcohol and other drug abuse with child maltreatment, particularly neglect, is strong. But does substance abuse cause maltreatment? According to Mark Testa and Brenda Smith, such co-occurring risk factors as parental depression, social isolation, homelessness, or domestic violence may be more directly responsible than substance abuse itself for maltreatme...... hiện toàn bộ
Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect with Parent Training: Evidence and OpportunitiesFuture of Children - Tập 19 Số 2 - Trang 95-118 - 2009
Richard P. Barth
Researchers have identified four common co-occurring parental risk factors—substance abuse, mental illness, domestic violence, and child conduct problems—that lead to child maltreatment. The extent to which maltreatment prevention programs must directly address these risk factors to improve responsiveness to parenting programs or can directly focus on improving parenting ...... hiện toàn bộ
Civic Engagement and the Transition to AdulthoodFuture of Children - Tập 20 Số 1 - Trang 159-179 - 2010
Constance A. Flanagan, Peter Levine
Constance Flanagan and Peter Levine survey research on civic engagement among U.S. adolescents and young adults. Civic engagement, they say, is important both for the functioning of democracies and for the growth and maturation it encourages in young adults, but opportunities for civic engagement are not evenly distributed by social class or race and ethnicity. Today's young ...... hiện toàn bộ