Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider the question "What are good child outcomes?" from the perspectives of developmental psychology, economics, and sociology, and suggest that good child outcome would include the presence of: trust, security, exploration and self-regulation; competent language use; cognitive development and general knowledge; physical well-being and motor development; social problem-solving skills; personal identity; connections with parents and friends; empathy and caring; reading and math skills; the ability to delay gratification; ability to take practical risks and develop an occupation choice; motivation toward entrepreneurship; the

TL;DR: Parenting stress was highest among mothers who broke up with the father during the first year and lowest among those in consistent romantic relationships regardless of parents' coresidence status, and programs to support low-income, unwed mothers should understand the hardships of a breakup may spill over into other socioemotional domains.

TL;DR: The lack of developmentally oriented research in this area is unfortunate, given that these eating problems tend to have their onset during early to middle adolescence, are strongly gender-and class-related, and are closely tied to the biological and psychosocial changes that occur during the adolescent period.

TL;DR: Based on a sample of parents of children aged 3 to 15 years in Chicago, the authors find that parents’ family support is associated with a lower risk of child maltreatment, but only in neighborhoods with average or high levels of violence.