What is it about?
Twenty-nine parents living in a public housing community in the United States talked about what makes their neighborhood child-friendly, such as social connections, and what makes it challenging, like safety issues. Based on how child-friendly they perceived their neighborhood to be, these parents also described how they drew on their own and community strengths to raise and support their children.
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Why is it important?
This study challenges stereotypes about low-income parents by showing that their neighborhoods have positive, child-friendly features and that parents actively draw on their own and community strengths to help their children grow and succeed.
Perspectives
We hope this paper provides valuable insights for improving child-friendliness in low-income neighborhoods and acknowledges the strengths that low-income parents bring as they raise their children in poverty.
Yilin Wang
Boston College
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This page is a summary of: Neighborhood child-friendliness and parenting strategies: Community cultural wealth in a public housing community., Journal of Family Psychology, September 2025, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/fam0001410.
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