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• The concern for quality childcare Working families have special issues.
As more parents are fully occupied with
• The struggle to provide quality working during the school day, they are
time with children as a family less available in direct participation in
unit the classroom
• The financial burden
Teachers plan flexible opportunities for
them to become involved in their
children’s education.
Poverty
There is a striking correlation between poverty and school failure. Children
who start out at a disadvantage to fail farther behind in academic
achievement throughout their school years. Too many of them reach
adulthood unhealthy, illiterate and unemployable. There is a group of
Americans who are more likely to experience limited participation in the
social, political, and economic mainstream of national life.
The Children who are risk for academic • In 2010, 22% of American child
failure are likely to be those who lives lived in poverty, an increase from the
in poverty, members of minority 18% in 2002
groups, children with various physical
and mental disabilities, children with • In 2010, 33%% of children lived
limited English proficiency, children in families where no parent had full-
from single-parent families or children time, year-round employment
attending schools with a high • A record high of nearly 40 million
concentration of students who live in
poverty people— ½ of them children—
received food stamps
1. First stressful event to children's lives
a. Death
b. Divorce
2. Second stressful event to children’s lives
a. Death
b. Divorce
3. Children initial reaction to their parents’ separation is ________
a. Traumatic
b. Death
4. Growing up in __________ does not mean children cannot live happy lives.
a. Divorced home
b. School
5. After divorce, many parents become ______________________
a. overworked and overwhelmed
b. upset yet fine
6. There is a striking _________ between poverty and school failure
a. Parallel
b. Correlation
7. A record high of nearly 40 million people— ½ of them children—received food
stamps
a. Casey Foundation
b. Children’s Defense Fund
8. The psychological effects of divorce on children are often felt well into ________.
a. Adulthood
b. Childhood
9. For women, the double roles of job or career and family nurturer can be
overwhelming, creating great conflict and the stress of chronic fatigue.
a. True
b. False
10. Men are looking at their role in different light; many are learning about greater
involvement in child-rearing and how to adjust to a new financial provider role.
a. True
b. False
11. Girls react more intensely than boys to the loss of their fathers from the home.
a. True
b. False
12. In 2010, 23% of American child lived in poverty, an increase from the 18% in
2002
a. True
b. False
13. In 2010, 33%% of children lived in families where no parent had full-time, year-
round employment
a. True
b. False
14. Children exhibit “pre-divorce family stress”
a. True
b. False
15. Very young children recover more easily than older ones.
a. True
b. False
16. Do not keep communications open with both parents of the child
a. True
b. False
17. The age and gender of the children involved seem to have some bearing on
their adjustment
a. True
b. False
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