A study of the effect of poor environments on parenting. The authors explore what professionals and policy-makers can do to assist families living in poverty.

The strengths and abilities children develop from infancy through adolescence are crucial for their physical, emotional, and cognitive growth, which in turn hel

Decades of research have demonstrated that the parent-child dyad and the environment of the familyâ€"which includes all primary caregiversâ€"are at the fo

Please see Volume I for a full description and table of contents for all four volumes.

In the past decade the relationship between communities, children and families has inspired a wealth of research and policy initiatives because of a growing bel