Socio-emotional skills of girls and young mothers in foster care

Nair Elizabeth Zárate-Alva and Josefina Sala-Roca

Children and Youth Services Review, 2019, vol. 100, issue C, 50-56

Abstract: Socio-emotional skills are fundamental in acquiring a social network and in the transition to adult life. Youth in care are at serious risk of exclusion in their transition to adult life, and young mothers in care must face this difficult step with the added responsibility of motherhood.

Keywords: Foster care; Teen motherhood; Adolescent motherhood; Socio-emotional skills (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.02.036

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