- Jul 11, 2018

Can parents of juvenile offenders still dream?

Check out the press release of Dr. Cavanagh's latest article, in conjunction with Alissa Mahler and Elizabeth Cauffman of UCI.

The study finds that mothers' aspirations for their sons' futures are uniformly high, even after an arrest. However, what mothers expect to be feasible for their children to achieve decreases in response to continued delinquency, particularly among younger adolescents.

https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2018/can-parents-of-juvenile-offenders-still-dream/

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