Essay On Causes And Consequences Of Homeless Children

Aratani, Y. (September 2009). Homeless Children and Youth; Causes and Consequences. National Center

For Children in Poverty. Retrieved from http://www.nccp.org/publications/pdf/text_888.pdf

In the article “Homeless Children and Youth; Causes and Consequences” by Yumiko Aratani discusses the causes and consequences of homeless youths and children. The article discusses who are homeless. Both children living in homeless families and unaccompanied youths. The factor the at contribute to homelessness are lack of affordable housing economic insecurity, violence at home, behavioral health, lack of positive social support, and involvement of the children welfare system. He article then went on the talk about the impact many face. Such as food insecurity, health issues, trauma, lack of education, juvenile delinquency. It also talks about policies and practice that are put in place to help these individuals. The article also suggested policy actions such as to increase funding, provide education, food, and s much more.

This article would be of great use in my research paper. It provide a great deal of information about homeless youths. It has the causes and consequence many of them faces each

It discusses the relationship between families, parenting style, how the experiences of separation and loss, as well as quality of the attachment relationship was examined in a group of homeless youths. The article examined two groups, the residential youths and a large control group of youths from the ‘standard’ population Also, it provided information on the influence of social support and it was obtained. After examine the two groups, the results showed that growing up in a family with divorced parents, or a lack of parental responsiveness and emotional support are significant factors of homelessness. It also showed that social support systems can act as a protective factor and prevent