Children need their parents

Yet another mental-health study that shows that God's way (a husband & wife, together, raising their kids  -- is the BEST way)

Children living with family members other than their parents are at an increased risk for health and mental health problems,a recent study shows. 

Far more children live with nonparental relatives -- in what is called "kinship care" -- than in foster care, about 2.8 million versus 800,000, but children from both groupssuffer from similar health issues, according to the study presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting in Vancouver, Canada. 

"Children who live in kinship care with a relative have more special health care needs, mental health problems such as ADHD and depression, and dental problems compared with children who live with their parents," lead researcher Dr. Sara Eleoff, a pediatric fellow at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, says in a statement.

Unlike children in foster care, those living with a relative often receive little oversight from child welfare agencies. They also are more likely than children living with their parents to be black, older than 9, have public health insurance and live in households with incomes near the poverty level, the researchers found. Their caregivers often suffered from overall health or mental health problems. 

Eleoff and her colleagues analyzed data from a 2007 survey of 91,000 kids and compared the health of children living in kinship care with those living with at least one birth parent. 


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