Journal article
Social networks, informal child care, and inadequate supervision by mothers
Child welfare, Vol.86(6), pp.53-66
11/2007
PMID: 18456982
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to determine whether less informal child care support from family and friends is related to supervisory neglect and, if there is a relationship, to test several explanations for why some mothers receive less child care. Thirty-two low-income mothers who did not adequately supervise their children were matched to 32 mothers who provided adequate supervision. The results showed the mothers who provided inadequate supervision received less child care support from their partners and relatives, but not their friends. These differences appear to be linked to several properties of the mothers' social networks. For example, the majority of the mothers who provided inadequate supervision either did not have a partner or knew them for less than one year. They had fewer family members living nearby and more negative relationships with them than the mothers who provided adequate supervision. To reduce chronic supervisory neglect, mothers may need assistance with both informal and formal child care support.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Social networks, informal child care, and inadequate supervision by mothers
- Creators
- Carol Coohey - School of Social Work, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA. carol-coohey@uiowa.edu
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Child welfare, Vol.86(6), pp.53-66
- PMID
- 18456982
- NLM abbreviation
- Child Welfare
- ISSN
- 0009-4021
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/2007
- Academic Unit
- School of Social Work; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984307259702771
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