Parent –Child Contact for Youth in Foster Care: Research to Inform Practice

ConclusionWhen parent–child contact is safely possible, more frequent contact with mothers is associated with beneficial youth outcomes. ImplicationsApplying a translational family science approach, implications for engaging mothers and fathers in visitation are discussed.

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Source: Family Relations - November 22, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lenore M. McWey, Ming Cui Tags: Special Editorial Source Type: research