The COVID-19 pandemic has placed unprecedented strains on both parents and teachers,
both of whose mental and financial hardships have serious implications for young children's …

Objectives To investigate associations between household food insecurity and multiple
family well-being variables in an effort to illuminate previously understudied, policy …

This study used longitudinal cross‐lagged modeling to examine reciprocal relations
between maternal depression and child behavior problems. Data were drawn from 3,119 …

Research findings This study uses newly available data on low-income children and their
teachers in a mixed-delivery, publicly funded early care and education (ECE) system to …

This study examined associations between parents' developmentally appropriate beliefs
about young children's play and responsive parenting. Low-income parents and their …

The current study examined the complex associations among marital status, home
environments, and family strain (ie income, maternal depressive symptoms, social support …

The present study used a large, nationally representative sample of Head Start children (N=
3,349) from the Family and Child Experiences Survey of 2009 (FACES) to examine …

Objective This study examined the effect of Medicaid expansion in Oregon under the
Affordable Care Act on depression screening and treatment among pregnant and …

Objective We investigated links between childcare experiences—specifically, care instability
and mothers' perceptions of care access—and maternal depressive symptoms in an effort to …

The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionally affected parents with young children whose
incomes are below the federal poverty threshold. However, studies examining life changes …