Children Of Incarcerated Parents
As noted in a comprehensive review of research on children with incarcerated parents the arrest and removal of a mother or father from a childs life forces that child to confront emotional social and economic consequences that may trigger behavior problems poor outcomes in school and a disruption or severance of the relationship with the incarcerated parent that may persist even after the parent is released from prison hairston 2007.
Children of incarcerated parents. A research and intervention agenda for children of incarcerated parents. A handbook for researchers and practitioners pp. Poehlmann eds children of incarcerated parents. Being the children of convicts made them vulnerable to insensitivity ridicule and harassment from their relatives peers and teachers with a few exceptions it said adding that while they were allowed to maintain contact with their incarcerated parents maintenance of such communication itself acted as a source of distress due to procedures that included rigorous checking and repeated.
Kira not her real name and michael had faced this circumstance before so they went on with their daysnacks homework bedtime and getting up for school the following day.