Quinton D, Rutter M
J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 1984 Apr;25(2):211-29. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1984.tb00145.x.
Interview data on a consecutive sample of families with children multiply admitted to residential care by one inner London borough were contrasted with those from a comparison sample from the same geographical area. The in-care group were twice as likely to be experiencing current parenting problems with 5- to 8-year-old children, but were distinguished from the already disadvantaged comparison group as much by other kinds of family difficulties as by parenting problems per se. It was therefore argued that parenting cannot be seen as an attribute of individuals irrespective of their current circumstances.
对伦敦市中心一个行政区内连续抽取的有多名子女多次入住寄宿照料机构的家庭样本进行的访谈数据，与来自同一地理区域的对照样本的数据进行了对比。接受照料的群体在照顾5至8岁儿童时出现当前育儿问题的可能性是对照组的两倍，但该群体与本就处于弱势的对照组的区别，不仅在于育儿问题，还在于其他各类家庭困难。因此，有人认为，不能将育儿视为个体的一种属性而不顾其当前处境。
