SOCIOL 1A06 Study Guide - Final Guide: Social Indicators Research, Mumuye Language, Single Parent
20 Aug 2013
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Society tends to have pre-conceived ideas about what the effects on children living in single-parent families will be. These ideas may be true, but are not always factual and can be skewed by outside sources, such as the media. For example, it is suggested that children are better off in single-parent homes than in a duo-parent homes filled with stresses (gongla, 1982: 8). Despite this suggestion and other assumptions, there are many other major effects on children when a parent is absent from the home. It is found that there are differences found in the effects on children"s behaviour and achievement depending on which parent is absent from the household (heard, 2007, p. 436). Additionally, there was research done on the educational outcomes and achievement of children that showed effects when they were living in single- parent families (debell, 2007, p. 428; heard, 2007, p. 435).
