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Download full textHawley, Theresa Lawton – 1993
This study investigated the effects of cocaine addiction on mothers' ability to care for their children. The population interviewed included 25 cocaine-addicted mothers in a drug treatment center and a comparison group of 25 mothers of children in a Head Start program. Each mother was questioned about: (1) her pregnancy with a specific child…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Rearing, Child Welfare
