Incarceration Effects On Children

Also, certain rules and regulations such as no touching or hugging, limited visit duration and phone visits are factors that might also disturb visitation experience. These are all factors that can result in bad experiences and leaving a negative mark on children. Nonetheless, both scenarios place a burden on children because it deprives them from having a healthy and strong relationship with their mothers. Similarly distance weakens mother and child relationship. This separation disrupts the bond between mother and children. More precisely it disrupts parenting and child development.

Of course, child’s age plays a crucial factor in the affect of maternal incarceration. Hence each child’s developmental stage requires different social, physical