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ERIC Number: EJ696971
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Mar
Pages: 22
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Understanding Communities of Neglectful Parents: Child Caregiving Networks and Child Neglect
Roditti, Martha G.
Child Welfare, v84 n2 p277 Mar 2005
This article focuses on family social networks and the community of caregivers of neglected children. If neglect is part of family functioning, who watches over the children? Using a case study approach, this study researched 12 children and their parents. Several concepts, such as multiple caregiving and kin keepers, revealed that study children were cared for by many people. Social network mapping used in this study indicated that families were not isolated from the larger community, had various forms of negative and positive social support, were low income, and were involved in substance abuse and domestic violence. Understanding the patterns that emerge from the complex web of family, friends, social service agencies, and the larger social community in which neglected children live can result in better community building.
Child Welfare League of America, P.O. Box 932831, Atlanta, GA 31193-2831. Web site: http://www.cwla.org.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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