Early care and education (ECE) evolved around two goals: allowing parents of young
children to work (the purpose) and promoting early childhood development (the promise) …

In this review we bring a psychological perspective to the issue of intergenerational
economic mobility. More specifically, we present a new dual developmental science …

Children's early environmental experiences are often considered highly influential for later
life development. Yet, environmental contexts, such as the home and early care and …

Of the 40 million people living in poverty in the US, approximately 28% are single mothers
and 18% are children. Low family income is linked with negative outcomes including higher …

BACKGROUND Just over fifty years ago, the War on Poverty marked a significant expansion
of the scope and scale of anti-poverty programs, as well as a considerable change in their …

Increasing efforts are being undertaken to understand how to improve the use of research
evidence in policy settings. In particular, growing efforts to understand the use of research in …

The child support program promotes parental responsibility, so that children receive support
from both parents even when they live in separate households. While this program aims to …

The health status of children in the United States varies by racial and ethnic, shaped by an
interrelated set of systems that disadvantage children of color in the United States. In this …

This study utilizes Head Start Impact Study data to examine whether Head Start is
associated with teenage mothers' experiences. Among 3,576 participants, 579 mothers were …

Based on theoretical premises of ecological systems theory and the compensatory
hypothesis, a subset of data from the Family Life Project (N= 773), a population-based study …