Family Structure

Family Structure

Family is both the fundamental unit of society as well as the root of our culture. Family is the source of encouragement, advocacy and assurance. They give the power to venture into the greater world with confidence.

Family is very important for all. They are the force that gives the control and energy to overcome lives ups and downs. As one makes important decisions in life, like returning to school one needs the support of family. School can be very overwhelming and confusing; with family everything seems to be better and easier.

Over the years more and more children are living with one parent only, and have to travel every other weekend to spend time with either mom or dad. Children being raised in a two parent home have dropped significantly and this has a major effect in many ways to the child. Not only emotionally but also academically, preschool children living with mom and dad are more ready than a child that only lives with mom. This is because children living with two parents have been read to and their ability to adapt to classroom routines appears to be influenced by their parents' marital status. Also married parents seem to be more involved in their child's school activities.

The effects of family structure on academic success continue through high school and college. Growing up with non-intact family leads to misbehavior, bad grades, acting out, and dropout rates increase. Some girls feel like they need a father figure and sometimes are involved in abusive relationships. Boys tend to act out more and sometimes get involved with the wrong people leading to drug use. Children in a one parent home tend to marry young and have sexual relations at a young age. This is all based on a study "Research Brief No. 1, November 2005 | Center for Marriage and Families ". Many people disagree with this study, love is very strong and powerful feeling that can give the control to do magnificent in life.

As time goes on the variations in family structure will increase in number and forms. As a society some generally believe that they have already begun to encounter more families that are made up of unrelated adults, multigenerational families, stepfamilies, divorces, remarriages, and same sex marriages. Growing up in different kinds of family should not affect how well a student performs in school, as long as the family is encouraging and loving. A family that is always willing to help one do better in school does not need to consist of a traditional family, like a mom and dad.

Better a loving single-parent family than a 'conventional' family where the parents hate each other and the father is a demagogue. MOBY,

Secure family structure is extremely important for a lot of children and without it; they may not feel sense of belonging, suffer for lack of nurturing and love. They may feel alienated, left out, rejected, or