Volume 5 Issue 1 Fall 2011 Article 4 2-24-2012 Academic Achievement of Children in Single Parent Homes: A Critical Review Mark S. Barajas Western Michigan University‚ mark.s.barajas@wmich.edu Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/hilltopreview Part of the Education Commons Recommended Citation Barajas‚ Mark S. (2011) "Academic Achievement of Children in Single Parent Homes: A Critical Review‚" The Hilltop Review: Vol. 5: Iss. 1‚ Article 4. Available
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Assignment 3.1 The life of a single parent The life as a single parent Being a single parent this day and time is a life changing experience‚ but it’s never easy. Through this experience of being a single mother I have learned one major thing. It’s not about me anymore. Everyone doesn’t get the picket fence life with Mr. Fix it or Ms. Soccer mom. I am responsible for two little boys until they reach adulthood. I have come to understand that though I am the adult‚ but
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The Love of a Mother The mentality of a teenager entails ridiculous ideas entitlement and disdain toward their parents. Often overcome with resentment toward their parents for not meeting the child’s expectations that they deserve more. It is rare when there is a teen who will admit that ‘life is not fair’. Regardless of their untimely knowledge‚ consideration of such does not hinder their immature behaviors. Of course‚ maturity in a teen is hard to expect as is‚ a teens ideas that they understand
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A Mothers Duty It was my first day of class and I was extremely nervous and excited at the same time. I hadn’t been a student in a classroom in over 10 years. I wouldn’t let my nervousness get the best of me though. I had to succeed; if not for me‚ I had to do it for my children. I was all they had now‚ and they were all I had. I wanted my children to grow up and describe their mother as a strong and determined woman. One who would do anything for her children. In the past all they had known is
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MOTHERS DAY…. While being pregnant ‚ and having to tell the loved ones around me was major. I had also been suffering from a very deadly and hereditary disease‚ I was what some people call a functional alcoholic . And now finding out that I was also pregnant. While my disease was never a big deal to me and my life style. It was now a big change I was not prepared for‚ and there would be changes I could never prepare for. I couldn’t sleep‚ hot and cold sweats‚ withdraw‚ and shakes. It was now
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Narcissistic Mothers 1 “I wish you were never born”‚ my mother screamed across the living room. Mom was in one of her moods again‚ what was new. She has a way of making you feel like you couldn’t even understand. You didn’t know if you should run to her aid or go shut yourself in your room to get out of her hair. No matter what she made you feel it was always about her. I dealt with my mother’s selfish moods on a daily basis. I did not even come close to understanding this as a young
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Single-Parenting Families: Attached Stigmas The social deviance that interests me is single parenting‚ one who chose to have a child out of wed-lock. The stigma attached to being a single parent is rising anew. Many media commentators blame America’s uptrend in violence and other social problems on family breakdown - on single parents. This stigma is based on myths and stereotypes that have been promoted by half-truths and‚ often‚ by prejudiced viewpoints. Many in our society still regard single
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for the mother and child. The unstable foundation of not having the father around can have a strong effect on the way the kid socializes‚ whether it is with his peers or making decisions. For instance‚ the kid is more likely to address a problem violently because of the underling anger that he naturally feels for not having his father in his life. In addition the child sometimes blames the mother for the absentee father and therefore becomes less responsive to the discipline that the mother is trying
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and the negatives of the mother who works either due to financial need or her own desire to do so. Such concerns are whether or not having a working mother negatively affects the children emotionally and/or academically. This paper will explore how maternal employment affects of the child as well as the mother. For many new mothers the decision to return to work is a difficult one. For some the decision may be as simple as they just have to‚ whether they are a single parent supporting the entire
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percentage of children growing up in single parent households are increasing annually (Kunz). In comparison to the children that grow up in two parents’ household‚ the educational‚ social and financial limitations are obvious for children from single parent household. The impact of living in a single parent household is clear and far-reaching in several areas of life which includes social behaviors and academic achievement. Researchers have found enough evidence to on single parent households to prove that
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