Parenting in homeless families: the double crisis.
The same factors that impede a mother's ability to maintain a stable residence are likely to impair her capacity to nurture children. This double crisis of homelessness and child rearing confronts caregivers with a special set of ethical and practical dilemmas. Psychosocial characteristics of homeless mothers and children are reviewed, and the need to support these mothers is underscored.
Better Homes Foundation, Newton Centre, Mass.
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Hausman
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Hammen
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010553:Personality Development; D015406:Single Parent / Q000523:psychology*; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support