A Comparative Study Of Achievement And Discipline Problems Among Elementary School Children From Broken And Unbroken Homes

Author : Karl A. Sterner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781980509141
Total Pages : 79 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Family Structure and Discipline Problems at School written by Karl A. Sterner and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-09 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the decline of the family in America, the composition of the family has changed, and its demographic make-up within the home affects children. With the decline of the nuclear family, the composition of family structure has changed dramatically, and its demographic make-up within the home impacts the lives of children drastically. The research will determine specific aspects of the problem related to family composition and demographic make-up within the home that affects children. The importance and significance of this research is to analyze if there is a relationship, or a correlation that is of statistical significance between student discipline problems in school and their family composition. Researchers emphasize that divorce, abuse, poverty, and drugs within the family have great impact with the behavior of students in school. They also state that separation in the family, and work obligations of a single parent is taking adults away from their children. This separation, in turn, creates isolation from the necessary socialization that children need to learn about how to function normally in society. The worthiness of the research and study in this area is due to the fact that statistics show that the traditional family is continually declining in our society and there have been numerous changes in the family make-up over recent years. These changes have had effects on children. Research shows that children who come from traditional families fare better academically and behaviorally than students coming from other family compositions. In schools, discipline problems and safety issues are on the rise. This study will expose the issues that have an impact on school discipline problems. As we look at the composition, economic stability, and diversity of American families, we can see that a number of changes have taken place over recent years. The declining prevalence of early marriage and increase level of marital dissolution/divorce, especially among some racial and ethnic groups, reflect changes in the familycomposition. It also implies that relatively more children born outside of marriage spend at least part of their childhood in a single parent household, and endure multiple changes in family composition. There is a declining rate of marriage at a young age, an increasing level of marital dissolution, and a growing tendency to never marry, especially among a few specific ethnic groups. Marriage is becoming less valued as a source of economic stability.