School Readiness among Children of Teen Parents

青少年父母的孩子的入学准备情况stephanie Mollborn，博尔德科罗拉多大学paula Fomby，丹佛科罗拉多大学【摘要】该项目研究弱势群体——青少年父母的孩子，从出生到过渡到学校的关键时期的认知发展、行为和健康。该项目的主要目标是了解与青少年父母有关的不利因素是如何代代相传的，以及哪些因素可能有助于减轻这些影响。我们的主要研究问题是家庭相关因素如何影响青少年父母的孩子从婴儿期到开始上学过渡的健康和认知、社会和行为发展。我们还将探讨基于政策的因素是否有助于改善青少年父母的子女所经历的发育和健康差异。预计超过六分之一的美国女孩会在青少年时期生育，目前或曾经是青少年母亲的孩子占所有生活在贫困中的儿童的大多数，也占高中辍学儿童的大多数。大量的研究已经证明，早育对父母和孩子都有许多负面影响，但是关于父母年龄小和先前存在的社会劣势如何转化为孩子和父母的负面影响的研究？健康和发展则不太常见。向学校过渡是人生历程中的一个关键时期，此时家庭和学校环境相适应，教育系统可以减轻幼儿期产生的社会不平等现象，也可以进一步加剧这种不平等现象。这项研究将使用来自儿童早期纵向研究的新的全国代表性数据。出生队列（ECLS-B）跟踪青少年父母的孩子从婴儿期到幼儿园开始，提供关于他们的认知，行为和健康的丰富信息。这项以情境为导向的研究侧重于生命最初五年的家庭环境，以及它们如何影响儿童上学的发展准备。分析将侧重于家庭资源、健康相关风险因素和反复生态变化的影响。更广泛的影响有限的实证研究已经进行了影响因素的学校准备的青少年父母的孩子。这项研究考察了婴幼儿时期的家庭环境如何影响儿童达到学龄后的各种健康和教育成果。这项研究的结果可能会导致政策创新，有助于在整个学年加剧之前改善青少年父母和社会劣势的负面影响。这项研究将在研究生和本科生助理的充分参与下进行，并将为研究生和本科生的教学和培训提供信息。

School Readiness among Children of Teen ParentsSES - 1061058SES Stefanie Mollborn, University of Colorado at BoulderPaula Fomby, University of Colorado at DenverAbstractThis project examines cognitive development, behavior, and health from birth to the start of the critical period of the transition to school in a vulnerable population -- the children of teenage parents. The main goal of the project is to understand how the disadvantage associated with teenage parenthood is transmitted across generations, and which factors might help mitigate those effects. Our primary research question asks how family-related factors influence the health and cognitive, social, and behavioral development of teen parents' children from infancy to the start of the school transition. We will also address whether policy-based factors help ameliorate the developmental and health disparities experienced by children of teenage parents.More than 1 in 6 American girls is projected to have a teenage birth, and children with current or former teenage mothers account for the majority of all children living in poverty and the majority of all children of high school dropouts. Considerable research has documented that many negative consequences are associated with early childbearing for both parents and children, but research on how young parental age and preexisting social disadvantage translate into negative consequences for children's and parents? health and development is less common. The transition to school is a critical time in the life course when the family and school contexts meet and social inequalities produced in early childhood can be either mitigated or further compounded by the educational system. The study will use new nationally representative data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study?s Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) to follow children of teenage parents from infancy through the start of kindergarten, providing rich information on their cognition, behavior, and health. This contextually oriented research focuses on families' circumstances during the first five years of life and how they influence children's developmental readiness for school. Analyses will focus on the impact of household resources, health-related risk factors, and repeated ecological changes. Broader ImpactsLimited empirical research has been conducted on factors shaping school readiness among children of teenage parents. The study examines how family circumstances in infancy and early childhood affect various health and educational outcomes once children reach school age. Results from this study may lead to policy innovations that could help ameliorate the negative effects of teenage parenthood and social disadvantage before they intensify throughout the school years. The research will be conducted collaboratively with the full participation of graduate and undergraduate student assistants and will inform graduate and undergraduate instruction and training.