hAWWC BOYS VIDEO BLOGS: complexities in white working class/low income families
Many white young boys are growing up in families facing a wide range of stressful economic and social challenges. Parenting can be much more difficult
under such pressures, yet parenting styles and interactions are crucial in supporting early learning and sustaining progress.
The overwhelming evidence is that early intervention (critically, between birth to three years) makes the
greatest long term educative impact on this socially disadvantaged group.
The following video highlights the experiences of HAWWC boys' parents with the complexities of family life, stress and other parenting pressures.
Family Life and Stresses
Parents of high achieving white working class boys share their experiences of family life and the stresses and complexities that they encountered
and overcame.
