Strong parent-child relations are required to transmit parental human capital

Evidence

Even if adults are physically present, there is a lack of social capital in the family if there are not strong relations between children and parents. The lack of strong relations can result from the child’s embeddedness in a youth community, from the parents’ embeddedness in relationships with other adults that do not cross generations, or from other sources. Whatever the source, it means that whatever human capital exists in the parents, the child does not profit from it because the social capital is missing. — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 155

Categorization

• XREF: The claim that human capital in parents is inert without relational social capital parallels Sciascia’s Sicily: community knowledge is inert without trusting ties to the state, and Coleman’s closure mechanism. — connects to: Parental education only benefits children when strong family relationships transmit it. — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 148; Children need adults’ presence and attention to access parents’ human capital — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 154; Parental human capital only benefits a child’s development when family relationships activate it. — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 148 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Parental human capital only benefits a child’s development when family relationships activate it. #corroborates (0.92) — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 148
• Children need adults’ presence and attention to access parents’ human capital #expands (0.85) — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 154