Stable home may aid foster kids’ behavior problems
Children in foster care often suffer from emotional and behavioral problems, but a stable, long-term foster home may help, a new study suggests.
Researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia found that foster children who were quickly placed in a stable situation were at less risk of future behavioral problems than children who were bounced from home to home.
Fetal cocaine exposure tied to behavior problems
Children exposed to cocaine in the womb exhibit behavior problems up to at least 7 years of age, according to a long-term study that enrolled 1,388 children between 1993 and 1995 at four centers.
Children exposed to cocaine in the womb were matched with a group of nonexposed children. At ages 3, 5, and 7 years, a total of 1,056 children were assessed for behavior problems using the Child Behavior Checklist.
