About 33 million children worldwide are displaced or in refugee camps, and many lack any form of education due to the pandemic.
Fatima ZahraFebruary 2021
Articles relating to immigration and child development from some of the world’s top child and family researchers.
Immigration status can be a disadvantage, for example, accessing parent networks around education. But family bonds can be strong and supportive and give some immigrant children an advantage.
Researchers examined data from 18,716 14- to 15-year-old immigrant children in England, Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden.
Child & Family Blog EditorMay 2017
Funding parental support for reading is more cost-effective than funding classroom support – and is particularly beneficial for boys.
Simon Calmar AndersenMay 2017
Mexican-American youth are better family members and citizens when they have a strong sense of their ethnic identity, finds study of young people.
George P. KnightMarch 2017
Parents who perceive discrimination against them are more likely to report depressive symptoms and hostility towards their spouses.
Child & Family Blog EditorOctober 2016
Parents of third-generation Hispanic young people rely more on the school’s help. First generation famlies rely more on connections with other parents.
Child & Family Blog EditorOctober 2016
But non-immigrant Black youth did report higher levels of parent support than non-immigrant White youth.
Child & Family Blog EditorOctober 2016
Correlation found between parents’ experience of discrimination and feelings of sadness and low self-esteem on the part of the child.
Child & Family Blog EditorApril 2016
