NCCP | State Policies through a Two-Generation Lens

NCCP | State Policies through a Two-Generation Lens

 Two-generation approaches to promoting the healthy development
and school success of young children aim to enhance the well-being
and life opportunities of both parents and children.1 This approach is based on
research that shows how conditions affecting both parents and
children are interrelated and play a key role in children’s
development. For example, health insurance for parents matters for
children’s well-being since parents’ health and mental
health problems can reduce parenting capacities and the chance that
young children will receive the consistent attention and
stimulation they need to develop competencies that are key to
school success.2 Similarly, children’s
experience of stable, high quality early care and education
supports both children’s early learning and parents’
work effort.3