- Major crisis or series of crises
- History of adequate child care
- Regular employment
- Sufficient income and skills
- Emotional support from friends and relatives
- Average problem-solving abilities
- Generally good physical health, minimal use of illegal substances, and essentially no illegal activity
- Adequate education and housing that allow for individual space and organization of belongings
- Intimacy is non-sexualized
- Acceptance of differences of opinion
- Family members understand and accept their respective roles
- Generally good mental health
- Likely to be cooperative with genuinely supportive child protection personnel, welcoming offers of help
- Likely to regain ability to solve problems themselves when crisis has passed
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- Constantly in stressful situation or crisis
- Little parenting knowledge
- Limited education/vocational opportunities and skills
- Poverty
- Extreme social isolation
- Little support from relatives or community
- Poor problem-solving skills; blame others
- Ill health, substance abuse, drug dealing, legal problems, physical handicap
- Overcrowded or run down housing, cluttered areas, economically disadvantaged
- Prostitution, sex abuse, abuse between adults
- Social, racial, or cultural discrimination
- Poorly defined role boundaries in the family
- Chronic mental illness or character
- Distrustful of professional helpers
- A new crisis arises, even though there is relief from a previous crisis
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