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A recent study at the Urban Institute shows that more than half of babies in poverty are being raised by mothers who show symptoms of mild to severe depression, potentially creating problems in parenting and in child development.

The finding of the research study were also published at the Washington Post where Olivia Golden, one of the main researchers said, “A mom who is too sad to get up in the morning won’t be able to take care of all of her child’s practical needs, If she is not able to take joy in her child, talk baby talk, play with the child – those are features of parenting that brain development research has told us contribute to babies’ and toddlers’ successful development.”

The research included data from federal education survey of around 14,000 children born in 2001, whereas mothers were interviewed when their children were 9 months old.

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