Child
Trends found that emotional support for mothers improves outcomes for
children, even when controlling for family structure, income, gender,
race/ethnicity, and child's age. Children
whose mothers reported receiving emotional support during childrearing
were more likely to be engaged in school and exhibit social competence
than children whose mothers did not receive emotional support. The same
pattern held true for internalizing behaviors; children were less
likely to display internalizing behaviors if their mothers had received
emotional support. Findings from this brief suggest that
providing emotional support for mothers may serve to protect children in
both disadvantaged and advantaged families from negative outcomes.
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