Parental Incarceration
provide them with everything that they may need for them to continue going to school. The study focused on the intervention strategies that have been implemented to help the Hispanic children whose parents have been incarcerated for various reasons in the country. Social work actions and the efforts of researchers may help a lot in dealing with the children whose parents are serving jail terms in various parts of the country. Parental incarceration has severe effects on both the adolescents and young children. Hairston (2012) posits that it is very common to find a child whose parents have been incarcerated experiencing a lot of problems in the society. According to recent studies, the children whose parents are incarcerated are a very vulnerable
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The children whose parents are incarcerated are, therefore, more likely to suffer from financial constraint due to the bad economic status. As such, the children whose parents have been arrested and sentenced to serve prison terms will leave their children suffering from a lot of issues that are related to finance. Incarceration of parents had a direct influence on household income. Income levels for households whose income earners are imprisoned have been shown to decline by up to 80% (Johnson & Waldfogel, 2004). Incarceration of parents from poor backgrounds adds more problems to their children since they will have no financial support. Such kind of children may end up dropping out of schools or colleges because they lack financial support. Some of the children may drop out to look for jobs so that they support their siblings. It is very important to highlight the fact that incarceration of parents leaves children with no parents to support them morally and financially. The children start taking care of themselves at very early ages. The children may also get into a lot of trouble since they will suffer from racial abuse. The children whose parents are in prisons may also suffer from social stigma. Being a child of a convict is very hard in some societies. The children will be discriminated and judged based on the deeds of their parents. For instance, a child may be ridiculed by the other children just because their parents are convicted
The children whose parents are incarcerated are, therefore, more likely to suffer from financial constraint due to the bad economic status. As such, the children whose parents have been arrested and sentenced to serve prison terms will leave their children suffering from a lot of issues that are related to finance. Incarceration of parents had a direct influence on household income. Income levels for households whose income earners are imprisoned have been shown to decline by up to 80% (Johnson & Waldfogel, 2004). Incarceration of parents from poor backgrounds adds more problems to their children since they will have no financial support. Such kind of children may end up dropping out of schools or colleges because they lack financial support. Some of the children may drop out to look for jobs so that they support their siblings. It is very important to highlight the fact that incarceration of parents leaves children with no parents to support them morally and financially. The children start taking care of themselves at very early ages. The children may also get into a lot of trouble since they will suffer from racial abuse. The children whose parents are in prisons may also suffer from social stigma. Being a child of a convict is very hard in some societies. The children will be discriminated and judged based on the deeds of their parents. For instance, a child may be ridiculed by the other children just because their parents are convicted