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America's Promise Alliance (NJ1), 2007
This issue brief is presented as an update to "Every Child, Every Promise: Turning Failure Into Action." A national sample of more than 2,000 teenagers and 2,000 of their parents in a telephone poll indicates that the overwhelming majority of young people ages 12-17 say they have a "mostly" or "very" close relationship with their mothers and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence, Child Health
Osofsky, Joy D.; Osofsky, Howard J.; Harris, William W. – Society for Research in Child Development, 2007
Hurricane Katrina resulted in a disaster of proportions not previously known in the United States. The traumatic experiences of children and families during Hurricane Katrina, the flooding that resulted from the breach of the levees, the evacuation, and the aftermath are unprecedented. In responding to the enormous mental health needs of children…
Descriptors: Health Services, Family Problems, Crisis Intervention, Self Efficacy