‘Crack Babies’ Defy Early Expectations
Posted By The Editors | January 27th, 2009 | Category: Hot Topics | Comments Off
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By The Editors
Can the quality of parenting and environment make a difference in the challenges faced by so-called “crack babies,” children born to crack cocaine-addicted mothers in the 1980s and 1990s, who were never expected to thrive?
Scientific research and various studies shed a surprising light on a generation of young people who are defying expectations with everything from their I.Q. scores and language development to academic achievement and how they compare with their peers.
Read “The Epidemic That Wasn’t” from the January 27, 2009 issue of The New York Times.
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