title: Parent-child connections: the essential component for positive youth development and mental health, safe communities, and academic achievement.
abstract: A continuing parent-youth bond throughout adolescence and young adulthood is the foundation for genuine emotional health, academic achievement, and healthy developmental trajectories and the antidote to youth violence.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Men and Young Men at McLean Hospital in Belmont, MA, USA.
authors.forename: William S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Pollack
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development; D000328:Adult; D004522:Educational Status; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012649:Self Concept; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology