Communal social capital shapes children’s development beyond family resources.

Evidence

The social capital that has value for a young person’s development does not reside solely within the family. It can be found outside as well in the community consisting of the social relationships that exist among parents, in the closure exhibited by this structure of relations, and in the parents’ relations with the institutions of the community. — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 176

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines ‘social capital outside the family’ as parents’ relations with each other and community institutions.
• XREF: connects to: Effective parenting norms depend on closure across generations between families — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 121; Intergenerational closure among parents generates social capital and effective sanctions for raising children. — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 125; Parents low in formal schooling can still provide high social capital for children’s education — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 146 (+6 more)

Related

• Community social capital substitutes for missing family social capital. (similarity 0.90)
• Parents low in formal schooling can still provide high social capital for children’s education (similarity 0.88)
• Intergenerational closure among parents generates social capital and effective sanctions for raising children. (similarity 0.86)
• Social capital in the surrounding adult community lowers student dropout rates. (similarity 0.85)
• Strong parent-child relations are required to transmit parental human capital (similarity 0.85)
• Parental human capital only benefits a child’s development when family relationships activate it. (similarity 0.84)
• Effective parenting norms depend on closure across generations between families (similarity 0.84)
• Social capital accrues value to others beyond those who create it. (similarity 0.84)
• Family background splits into financial, human, and social capital that affect achievement differently (similarity 0.83)
• Parental education only benefits children when strong family relationships transmit it. (similarity 0.82)
• Children need adults’ presence and attention to access parents’ human capital (similarity 0.82)
• Declining family and community capital will reduce human capital unless formal organizations substitute (similarity 0.82)
• Social capital is productive, structural, and defined by its function. (similarity 0.82)
• Family and city life confer hidden educational advantages on privileged children. (similarity 0.82)
• Declining family and community bonds shrink each generation’s human capital. (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Social capital accrues value to others beyond those who create it. #expands (0.85) — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 208
• Social capital consists of networks, not the trust they generate #qualifies (0.75)