Family advocates' perspectives on the early academic success of children born to low-income adolescent mothers

Family Relations

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 68-77

  Luster, Tom ^a   Bates, Laura ^b   Vandenbelt, Marcia ^b   Nievar, M Angela ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Achievement; Adolescent mothers; Elementary school; Paraprofessionals; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442503511     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2004.00010.x     Document Type: Article

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