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Thompson, Ross A. – Future of Children, 2014
Children's early social experiences shape their developing neurological and biological systems for good or for ill, writes Ross Thompson, and the kinds of stressful experiences that are endemic to families living in poverty can alter children's neurobiology in ways that undermine their health, their social competence, and their ability…
Descriptors: Child Development, Stress Variables, Social Experience, Early Experience
Duncan, Greg J.; Ludwig, Jens; Magnuson, Katherine A. – Future of Children, 2007
Greg Duncan, Jens Ludwig, and Katherine Magnuson explain how providing high-quality care to disadvantaged preschool children can help reduce poverty. In early childhood, they note, children's cognitive and socioemotional skills develop rapidly and are sensitive to "inputs" from parents, home learning environments, child care settings, and the…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Public Policy, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children
Berlin, Gordon L. – Future of Children, 2007
Gordon Berlin discusses the nation's long struggle to reduce poverty in families with children, and proposes a counterintuitive solution--rewarding the work of individuals. He notes that policymakers' difficulty in reducing family poverty since 1973 is attributable to two intertwined problems--falling wages among low-skilled workers and the…
Descriptors: Wages, Poverty, Taxes, Tax Credits
Greenberg, Mark – Future of Children, 2007
In Mark Greenberg's view, a national child care strategy should pursue four goals. Every parent who needs child care to get or keep work should be able to afford care without having to leave children in unhealthy or dangerous environments; all families should be able to place their children in settings that foster education and healthy…
Descriptors: Poverty, Family Income, Tax Credits, Federal Government
Amato, Paul R.; Maynard, Rebecca A. – Future of Children, 2007
Since the 1970s, the share of U.S. children growing up in single-parent families has doubled, a trend that has disproportionately affected disadvantaged families. Paul Amato and Rebecca Maynard argue that reversing that trend would reduce poverty in the short term and, perhaps more important, improve children's growth and development over the long…
Descriptors: Divorce, Sex Education, Poverty, Marital Satisfaction
Cherlin, Andrew J. – Future of Children, 2005
During the past century the U.S. family system has seen vast changes--in marriage and divorce rates, cohabitation, childbearing, sexual behavior, and women's work outside the home. Andrew Cherlin reviews these historic changes, noting that marriage remains the most common living arrangement for raising children, but that children, especially poor…
Descriptors: Divorce, Marriage, Incidence, Marital Status
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Betson, David M.; Michael, Robert T. – Future of Children, 1997
Explores why there are so many poor children in the United States, beginning with a review of the reasons for adult poverty. Economic and demographic factors are considered in an analysis of the likelihood that an individual will earn enough to keep his or her family out of poverty. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Demography, Disadvantaged Youth
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Corcoran, Mary E.; Chaudry, Ajay – Future of Children, 1997
Reviews current research on the incidence and duration of child poverty and intergenerational poverty. Trends in the incidence of child poverty, the demographic characteristics of children, and labor market conditions are discussed, along with a summary of research that relates changes in children's demographic conditions and the economy to child…
Descriptors: Children, Demography, Disadvantaged Youth, Economic Factors
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Duran, M. Angela; Stagner, Matthew W. – Future of Children, 1997
Using specific examples, describes key features of current comprehensive community initiatives to improve the lives of children and considers the limitations of efforts to evaluate them and factors contributing to their success or failure. Comprehensive community initiatives use multifaceted approaches to strengthen communities and improve the…
Descriptors: Children, Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Economically Disadvantaged
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Heclo, H. Hugh – Future of Children, 1997
Examines public attitudes toward children, poverty, and government. Concludes that the American public tends toward an integrative perspective that values individual initiative even as it supports opportunities for all Americans. Government programs that fit the practical needs of everyday life are favored. Such programs should support personal…
Descriptors: Children, Economically Disadvantaged, Government Role, Low Income Groups
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Halpern, Robert – Future of Children, 1993
Argues that home visiting and related services have been shaped and constrained by the tendency to use services as a substitute for adequate income and economic opportunity, by ambivalent attitudes toward poor people, and by a preoccupation with the effects of poverty on child rearing. Proposes basic principles of practice that should guide early…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Family Programs, Home Visits, Poverty
Nightingale, Demetra Smith; Fix, Michael – Future of Children, 2004
A number of economic and labor market trends in the United States over the past 30 years affect the well-being of workers and their families. This article describes key changes taking place and the implications for social and economic policies designed to help low-income working families and their children, particularly those families that include…
Descriptors: Wages, Poverty, Economically Disadvantaged, Labor Market
Edelman, Marian Wright; Jones, James M. – Future of Children, 2004
Fifty years ago, the Supreme Court ruled in "Brown v. Board of Education" that: "Segregation of white and Negro children in the public schools of a State solely on the basis of race, pursuant to state laws permitting or requiring such segregation, denies to Negro children the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth…
Descriptors: Poverty, Economically Disadvantaged, American Indians, Asian Americans