Does Food Insecurity Affect Parental Characteristics and Child Behavior? Testing Mediation Effects

Parental Expressivity, Child Physiological and Behavioral Regulation, and Child Adjustment: Testing a Three-Path Mediation Model

The negative effects of poverty & food insecurity on child development.

This paper addresses the importance of the first three years of life to the developing child, examines the importance of early childhood nutrition and the detrimental effects on child health and development due to poverty and food insecurity. As development experts learn more about the importance of the first three years of life, there is growing recognition that investments in early education,...

The Child and Adult Care Food Program and Food Insecurity

The Child and Adult Care Food Program ðCACFPÞ provides cash reimbursement to family day care, child-care centers, homeless shelters, and afterschool programs for meals and snacks served to children. Despite young children’s known vulnerability to fluctuations in nutritional intake, prior literature has largely neglected the contributions of the CACFP to reducing household food insecurity. Using...

Parental behavior and child health.

In this paper we document the ways in which parental behavior and socioeconomic status affect children's health. We examine parental behavior in both the prenatal period and childhood. We present evidence on the correlation of this behavior with income and parents' socioeconomic status, and on the ways in which parents' actions affect children's health. We conclude that while health insurance c...

Does Parental Sexual Behavior Influence “Parental Fitness” and Child Custody Determinations?

Family Law typically promotes a nuclear family model and rules against parents who exhibit alternative sexual practices. The family court system uses the “best interest of the child” standard to guide custody decisions but the standard is vague so judges may consider nearly any kind of evidence or insert personal biases. This study examines the relationship between parental sexuality and child ...