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Unpacking the Relationship between Parenting and Poverty: Theory, Evidence and Policy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2015

Vincent La Placa  and
Judy Corlyon
Vincent La Placa
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Counselling and Social Work, University of Greenwich E-mail: v.laplaca@gre.ac.uk
Judy Corlyon
Affiliation:
The Tavistock Institute of Human Relations (TIHR) E-mail: jcorlyon@googlemail.com
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Abstract

Policy discourses around child poverty and its causes and effects on families emerged in the 1990s, culminating in the Coalition government's emphasis on the quality of couple relations in improving child outcomes and in reducing child poverty. This article reviews and updates the current evidence base around the relationship between parenting and poverty. Evidence suggests an intricate relationship between complex and mediating processes of, for instance, income, parental stress, disrupted parenting practices and neighbourhoods and environments, as opposed to a simplistic causal relationship between poverty, parenting and child outcomes. The article then proceeds to suggest responses to enhance the evidence and research. Lastly, it considers the implications for child poverty policy, arguing that current responses are too simplistic and do not sufficiently reflect the evidence base.

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Parentspovertydynamicsresearchsocial policy
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Social Policy and Society , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , January 2016 , pp. 11 - 28
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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