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.
Hausman
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Better Homes Foundation, Newton Centre, Mass.
Hammen
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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