Reading Unites Families: An Interactive Literacy Program for Incarcerated Fathers and Their Children (2015) [1]
Reading Unites Families: An Interactive Literacy Program for Incarcerated Fathers and Their Children (2015) [1]
There are currently 2.7 million children in the U.S. whose parents are incarcerated, and 10 million children total have experienced parental incarceration at some point. The absence of parents from children’s lives can result in childhood experiences of trauma, shame and stigma as children are separated from parents and struggle to maintain relationships. This separation can lead to depression, aggression, poor academic performance, truancy and other negative behaviors.