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A paper which looks at academic achievement in children from single parent families, and the social constraints which single parents have to deal with in terms of work and childcare commitments. Bibligraphy lists 4 sources
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single-parent families, there are numerous factors to be taken into account: not only is each family different, just as two-parent families are, but the way in which children from single-parent
families interact with their social and cultural environment will vary from one society to another. Clearly, in a society where single-parenting is met with disapproval, not only will the child
be more likely to suffer from discrimination but the entire social structure will not be set up in a way which is supportive to single-parent families.
Pike (2004), for example, in her study of parent residency arrangements in Australia, makes the point that comparative studies
in other countries demonstrate that the attitudes towards single-parenting in Australia are not the same as in other societies, and that this will obviously have an impact on the childrens
social and academic development. The Colorado Parent Information and Resource Centre notes that many schools work on the assumption that children will come from two-parent families, and therefore work in
an unintentionally discriminatory way by failing to understand the difficulties which single parents may face (finding time to involve themselves with school activities when there are other children to care
for, for example). They strongly recommend that school staff make themselves aware of the kind of constraints which are faced by single parents, and liaise with other community organisations to
offer support. Donahoo (2004) asserts that children from single parent families do tend to
perform less well in school, noting that even when their academic abilities are the same as those of children from two-parent families, they are more likely to drop out of
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