Mothers' differential treatment of their adolescent childbearing and nonchildbearing children: contrasts between and within families

Article Abstract:

Comparisons show that mothers of nonchildbearing teenage daughters are more affectionate toward their children than are mothers who have childbearing teenage daughters. Less affectionate treatment was associated with excessive time dedicated to caring for children of teenage daughters, high levels of financial stress, and levels of sibling substance abuse and sexual behavior.

Health aspects, Mother and child, Mother-child relations, Teenage mothers

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Family structure and the externalizing behavior of children from economically disadvantaged families

Article Abstract:

This article examines the externalizing behavior of 6 and 7 year old children from economically disadvantaged families of different structures. The authors maintain the children who displayed behavioral problems were often from unmarried families, and problem behavior was more common among boys than girls.

Social aspects, Research, Children, Behavior disorders in children, Childhood mental disorders, Family, Social economics, Socioeconomics, Unmarried couples

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