Amanda and Erica’s grades may differ for a variety of reasons. Studies show that the more academic activities a parent is involved in is significantly associated with their child having higher literacy achievement, lower rates of grade retention, and fewer years needing special education (Miedel & Reynolds, 2000). Amanda’s father’s income, education, and occupation also all correlate with her literacy abilities (Buckingham, Wheldall, & Beaman-Wheldall, 2013). Parental education has the strongest influence of the three (Buckingham, Wheldall, & Beaman-Wheldall, 2013).
Students from single parent homes also have lower academic achievement compared to students with two-parent families (Pong, Dronkers, & Hampden-Thompson, 2003). Single parent households are also at higher risk for child abuse and neglect (Paxson & Waldfogel, 2002). While poverty does not cause abuse or neglect, there is a direct link between the two (Bower, 2003). If neglect or abuse are present in Amanda’s
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Being from a low income family, she is more like to live in a neighborhood that is more dangerous, offer poorer municipal services, and suffer greater physical deterioration (Evans, 2004). If Amanda is living in poverty, that can dramatically alter her brain development. Poverty is associated with smaller white and gray matter, as well as smaller volumes of the hippocampus and amygdala (Luby et al., 2013).
However, Amanda’s family has potential to thrive despite these challenges if they are resilient (Black & Krishnakumar, 1998). African American families commonly show resiliency by having a strong kinship bonds, central role in religion, racial biculturalism, and enforcing positive self esteem (Black & Krishnakumar, 1998). Amanda’s father can continue to protect her from negative consequences of communities by providing structured activities, like sports, or involvement at recreational centers (Black & Krishnakumar,
All across the globe, there are children growing up in single-parent households, and through some research
In the beginning, Jake at first is nervous and frustrated that Amy is late. Which is a lack of commitment from Amy's side, and Jake is just feeling the effects of it. When Amy does get there, Jake starts to ask questions and is very aggressive about it; all the while he does not give her a chance to speak. This is another type of transgression, Jake is displaying problematic emotions while he is addressing Amy. Also while Jake is questioning Amy, she is acting suspiciously, and either trying to avoid the question or delaying the answer. Which does not help and actually makes the situation worse, between the two. Throughout the session they are both distant, no touching whatsoever and avoiding eye contact. Things do get pretty heated between the two, and Jake even pressured the counselor into revealing what his thoughts are; in which was unsatisfying to both of them.
The two bigger things I plan to continue working on with Aaron are his social skills and his anxiety. Together, him and I will continue working on positive social skills and how to interact with others. He is not one that enjoys role play. He would much rather just sit and talk. I would also like to keep working on art projects or any hands on project where he can write things down. This way, we are not just discussing out loud what to work on, but we are writing it down or drawing pictures which helps us to think about the things we are working on in other ways as well. It is one thing to talk about it, but it is another to draw pictures or write it down. His poor social skills and his grades create a lot of anxiety in his life, so I plan to keep working on different coping skills with him. He has informed me in the past that his favorite coping skills is counting to ten. We have been going over breathing and counting to ten when he is anxious. As of now, he needs a lot of reminders to breathe use a coping
The African-American family is defined as networks of households related by blood, marriage, or function that provide basic instrumental and expressive functions of the family to the members of those networks (Hill, 1999). It is one of the strongest institutions throughout history, and still today. Family strengths are considered to be cultural assets that are transmitted through socialization from generation to generation and not merely adaptations or coping responses to contemporary racial or economic oppression (McDaniel 1994; Hill 1999). This definition is contrary to the belief that the Black family is an adaptation to harsh conditions, instead of an ongoing establishment. Hill (1999) discusses
We all know that a company that can build trust and bring about a rewarding atmosphere of personal appreciation and contribution will develop workplace norms and behaviors that bring outstanding performance from its personnel. Of the companies on our list the ones chose to research were CHG Healthcare, Wegmans Food Markets and Google. All three of these organizations caught my attention for number reasons, but what got my attention the most and really made me choose them was how they value their employee’s and strive to satisfy their needs. Most of us strive provide the best way of life possible for our families. When searching for employment people
My group had an instance of functional which was to work together to achieve the assignment. We had to pick four out of eight people, and all of eight people would die very soon if they did not have another heart. After reading the assignment sheets, we could pick two people immediately, Peter and Thomas, who were young boys. We had a lot of opinions about picking the other two. For me, I would pick Father and Donna base on what I read. However, after spending about ten minutes to discuss with my group, we all had agreement for Father and Mike. Even though I picked Donna instead of Mike, the other members shared their opinions and analyzed the information; so finally, I agreed to pick Father and Mike. At first, each of us had different choice
School and education happens to be one of the main things affected in the lives of both African American males and females living in single parent households. Parents tend to become less involved in the childs academics and social activities in school from the stress of being a single parent and having so much responsibility on them. It seemingly gets worse by the time the child reaches high school. One survey asked high school students whether their parents helped them with their school work and supervised their social activities. Students whose parents separated between the sophomore and senior years reported a loss of involvement and supervision compared to students whose parents stayed together (Mclanahan, n.d.). This usually leads to the child performing poorly in the classroom and on assignments. The child becomes less motivated to attend school, which leads to poor attendance. Poor attendance and lack of motivation sometimes results in the child dropping out of school. If the parents live apart, the probability that their children will drop out of high school rises by 11 percentage points. And for every child who actually drops out of school, there are likely to be three or four more whose performance is affected even though they manage to graduate (Mclanahan, n.d). Children born to unmarried parents are slightly more likely to drop out of school and become teen mothers than children born to married parents who divorce. But the difference is small compared to the
Equally important, children not only are often neglected, in addition these children are exposed to harsh and complex environments/family structures. Children in these environments often struggle in school due to distractions. Distractions such as hunger, neglect, and family structures reduce academic motivation. Statistics prove that children in these harsh family structures struggle more. To illustrate, childtrends.org states “Children are much more likely to be poor if they live in single-mother families than if they live in married-couple families.” . This example proves that a harsh environment can affect a child, it is harsh on their ability to thrive in school.
Divorce and out-of-wedlock childbearing are now epidemic in American society. Both forms of disrupted families are harmful to children and to society. The children of single parents are more likely to do poorly in school, commit crimes, and become single parents themselves. In addition, the increase in single-parent families contributes to such social problems as poverty, crime, and a decline in the quality of public education.
Abuse in households with single parents isn’t too prevalent and common but comparing numbers of moderate abuse and serious abuse to single parent households to two parent households the number is usually higher and over the years grows slowly. Mainly this kind of abuse is seen in families that have a low socioeconomic status, families that live in impoverished areas or with families that experience great stress when raising a child by themselves, when abuse is present the one that suffers greatly from it is the
Education is something that many single family homes see as gateway to a better life. More importantly, children from those single family homes feel the pressure placed upon them. Those parents have set high expectations for their children, and want their children to prevail against the odds. This has caused pressure for the children to succeed, although they are experiencing challenges at home. Growing up in a single family home has a great effect on the child’s educational success or failure, and life expectations. Divorce and single family homes have a large impact on the success of the children and their emotional state. It is up to the parents to be there for the child physically and mentally in order for the children to still be successful.
Divorced families present a greater risk for children with depression or other serious psychiatric disorders to develop. Spencer (1982) said in his book entitled Foundations of Modern Technology that children are more likely to die of coronary heart disease in later years if they had lost one or both parents before entering college. According to Traci S Campbell (2010) education of children can also be affected she said that children that are raised in a single parent household have lower grades than those who are raised in a home with both parents. This can be in a home where the child has always been raised by one parent or in homes where a divorce or separation has recently taken place. Studies also show children raised in a single parent household are less likely to go to college or take steps to continue their education. There are also a higher percentage of drop outs that were raised in a single family home. Time spent with a single parent during the formative preschool years seems to have particularly bad effects on a boy's education, according to Sheila Fitzgerald Krein and Andrea H. Beller of the school of human resources and family studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana.
In today’s day and age many children live in homes where there is only one parent, commonly known as single-parent family. According to 2011 Canada Census Bureau information, the number of children living in single-parent households have gone up since 2001 and almost more than three quarters of these children aged 14 and under are living with single parent family headed by woman (Statistics Canada, 2011). Many times there is the absence of the father in these single-parent homes. Children living in such single parent homes have been negatively affected psychologically and socially which then is reflected in their behavior as well. The purpose of this paper is to explore how the single parent family structural environment and economic conditions can hinder the development and growth of a child. Due to the rise in divorce rates and children born out of unmarried couples, it is more likely for children to be growing up in single-parent homes. According to Statistics Canada (2011) the ratio of mother led single-parent families to father led single-parent families is about 4 to 1. This shows that most of the lone-parent households are comprised of single mothers. Modern family patterns have significantly changed and among various kinds of family structure, one of them particularly single-parent family structure is an important social issue. Single parenting could have several effects on a child’s development from social, psychological to academic achievement. The single parent
Are children who grow-up in a single parent household more likely to struggle in school, get into trouble with the law, and develop serious social problems such as low self-esteem and unhealthy relationships in the future? The myth is that a single parent cannot raise a successful child. That child who grows up in a single parent household is more likely to struggle in school, get into trouble with the law and develop serious social problems. Many negative predictions for children raised by a single parent have more to do with economic hardship than the lack of one parent. Single parents have raised many well-rounded,
The number children being raised in single-parent households is continuously growing. There are positive and negative effects for children that grow up in this type of a household. Children who only live with one parent tend to have better financial and educational advantages. Single-parent homes can impact several aspects of a child’s life. Children see their parent as being very independent, and often they learn to be independent too. The parent raising the child has the biggest effect on the child. How the child is raised can affect many different outcomes of the child’s life (Kunz, 2015, April 15).