Lifting Families Out of Poverty Improves Children’s Mental Health

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Cash from casino profits provided a rare opportunity to explore the effect of an improvement in the financial well-being of families, among North Carolina’s Cherokee Indians, on the mental health of their children. The researchers found that  the Cherokee children who experienced less poverty in childhood had better mental health as adults.  One variable stood out: improved parenting quality.

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