Family Structure, Family Stability and Early Child Wellbeing Terry-Ann Craigie Princeton
University Jeanne Brooks-Gunn Columbia Page 1 1 Family Structure, Family Stability and …

This annotated brief summarizes research on the effects of family structure on child
wellbeing, identifying issues that remain to be explored. On average, children who grow up …

Throughout the history of child development, the family has played a ubiquitous role in
theory, research, practice, and policy aimed at understanding and improving child welfare …

Children who experience multiple transitions in family structure may face worse
developmental outcomes than children raised in stable, two-parent families, and perhaps …

A vast amount of literature has documented negative associations between family instability
and child development, with the largest associations being in the socioemotional …

This study exploits data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a birth cohort
study of a diverse sample of children from 20 cities in the United States (N= 3,676), to …

This study outlines different effects of paternal presence on child cognitive performance by
exploiting data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS). In addition to …

The transition to parenthood, especially when the child is a firstborn, represents one of the
most profound joys and, at the same time, one of the most significant and stressful changes …

A growing literature documents the importance of family instability for child wellbeing. In this
article, we use longitudinal data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study to …

Families in the United States are increasingly diverse, which has given rise to questions
about the consequences these new family forms have for children's outcomes. This study …