Parental Debt and Children's Socioemotional Well-being (1:00:51)

Parental Debt and Children's Socioemotional Well-being (1:00:51)The Matt Townsend Show • Season 5, Episode 91, Segment 2

Apr 15, 2016 • 25m

Dr. Lawrence Berger is Director of the Institute for Research on Poverty and Professor and PhD Chair in the School of Social Work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research focuses on the ways in which economic resources, sociodemographic characteristics, and public policies affect parental behaviors and child and family wellbeing. Dr. Berger share his thoughts and research , “Parental Debt and Children’s Socioemotional Wellbeing”.

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