Against the odds: growing up with parents who have learning difficulties.
For this article we drew on material from a study in which we explored how people who were brought up in a family headed by a parent or parents with learning difficulties managed the transition to adulthood. Using evidence from in-depth interviews, we provided an assessment of how the now-adult children came through what would generally be seen as a risk-filled upbringing. Despite the problems they encountered in their childhood, many of which originated outside the home, most of the informants had maintained a valued relationship with their family and remained close to their mother.
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Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, England. T.Booth@Sheffield.ac.uk
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents