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Child Care, Family, and Community

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 Risk and resilience in urban neighborhoods
The processes contributing to better development among children growing up in low-income neighborhoods.

Supporting African American Boys in School
Jeffrey Lewis argues for the importance of finding ways to connect African American boys’ natural mentors to their school lives. While the important individuals the boys identify already serve many mentor functions, these adults may not be well equipped to provide other functions, for example, providing “bridging” social capital. Natural mentors have few opportunities to connect boys with more advantaged individuals or with employers or institutions of higher education institutions, Lewis says. But school staff are likely to have access to bridging capital. When made aware of the boys’ support networks, school staff could provide this service to the boys and to their mentors. The entire social network as well would be strengthened.