In a short article in W.K. Kellogg’s Annual Report from 2011, Sendhil Mullainathan and Saugato Datta discuss how poverty impacts the psychic resources low-income parents have for “good parenting.” The authors explain, from the behavioral economists’ perspective, how “parenting” programs may not look like parenting programs, but programs that relieve income insecurity. Includes some policy and program recommendations.
Stress impacts good parenting: The behavioral economists’ perspective, by Sendhil Mullainathan and Saugato Datta (Page 9 in WK Kellogg’s 2011 Annual Report)