Keepin' on : the everyday struggles of young families in poverty

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Keepin' on : the everyday struggles of young families in poverty

by Jean M. Ispa, Kathy R. Thornburg, Mark A. Fine ; with invited contributors ; [foreword by Edward Zigler]

P.H. Brookes, c2006

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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This book grows out of a five-year research project aimed at understanding the strengths and challenges of urban families who face issues related to young single-parenthood, racial minority status, and poverty in an era of welfare reform. The authors share insights regarding individual, family, community, and program factors that facilitate and/or constrain the effectiveness of intervention programs with these children and their families. The book addresses many important topics (Early Head Start, home visiting, relationships, transition, poverty, welfare reform) and describes a well-designed research project. It offers a strengths-based, reflective, and insightful look at an at-risk population.

Table of Contents

  • Part I: What We Did and Who We Are
  • Transition
  • The Background: Early Head Start History and an Introduction to the Mothers
  • Theoretical Perspectives and Research Method
  • Part II: Andreya: An In-Depth Case Study
  • Preface to "Andreya" and The Cast of Characters
  • Up to Age 15
  • Becoming a Mother
  • Mother of Two
  • After Moving Out
  • Part III: Family and Romantic Relationships
  • Mothers with their Parents
  • Matters of the Heart: Romantic Relationships
  • Raising Children
  • Young Fathers in Mothers' and Children's Lives
  • Part IV: Beyond the Family
  • Neighbors and Friends
  • Helping Children and Families: Home Visitor Roles and Dilemmas
  • Child Care Arrangements: Options and Preferences
  • Violence
  • Part V: Implications
  • Implications for Researchers, Practitioners, and Policymakers
  • Commentaries
  • Research voice
  • Practitioner
  • Policy voice

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