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Kearney, Melissa S.; Levine, Phillip B. – Future of Children, 2020
Children from low-income backgrounds are less likely to have economically successful role models and mentors in their own families and neighborhoods, and are more likely to spend time with media. In this article, Melissa Kearney and Phillip Levine review the theoretical and empirical evidence on how these external forces can influence children's…
Descriptors: Role Models, Mentors, Mass Media Effects, Child Development
Lerman, Robert I. – Future of Children, 2010
Young, minority, and poorly educated fathers in fragile families have little capacity to support their children financially and are hard-pressed to maintain stability in raising those children. In this article, Robert Lerman examines the capabilities and contributions of unwed fathers, how their capabilities and contributions fall short of those…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Job Training, Financial Support, Fathers
Case, Anne; Paxson, Christina – Future of Children, 2006
Children from low-income families are more likely than other children to have serious health problems. And, as Anne Case and Christina Paxson show, childhood health problems can prevent poor children from achieving economic success as adults. Income-related disparities in childhood health are evident at birth or even before, and the disparities…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Child Health, Public Health, At Risk Persons