Policymakers have a tendency to underestimate the parenting skills ofthose living in disadvantaged communities, according to newresearch.
A report by researchers from the University of Glasgow for the JosephRowntree Foundation - Parenting and Children's Resilience inDisadvantaged Communities - found both children and parents developedsuccessful strategies to cope with a wide range of risks to children'swellbeing from gang threats to drugs. While children sought safety inpeer groups, parents built informal networks with others to identifypositive activities and danger areas.
"Clearly there are parents who struggle but there is a tendency tostigmatise people from these areas," says report co-author Peter Seaman."The assumption is that where there is anti-social behaviour parentsdon't care where their children are and don't have any aspirations forthem."
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