... author of this piece believes that two married biological parents are best for kids ("Happy Marriage"). The author stresses the importance of both biological parents rearing children in a low conflict marriage for future health and happiness ("Happy Marriage"). The second article is titled, "Moving on: Parental Breakups May Not ... the children's later relationships. Campbell also makes the point that depending on the quality of the relationship between the parent and child, divorce might leave the child better off. The other author says nothing about divorce as an answer. Rather, the a...

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... were able to communicate very well with their children. Adults who disagreed strongly with each other on a great many issues were able to cooperate in the care of the children. Child-rearing issues were not a source of disagreement for over one-third of the parents. Onehalf of the children experienced relatively consistent handling by both parents. We were sometimes surprised to find ... general. Conversely, where the divorce is unplanned, undertaken impulsively, pursued in anger or guilt over fancied or real misdeeds, or where the divorce coincides with other unrelated family crises, t...

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... loss and most importantly receive less support and nurturing from their parents. These are just a few implications of divorce but demonstrates how it changes the lives of children. Each child is unique, so the short and long term functioning of the children after divorce varies widely. Wallerstein and Kelly (1980) observed and interviewed parents and children three times ... in the long term effects. Preschool children with their egocentric forms of reasoning, blame themselves for a parent leaving and take it as a personal rejection. This can be associated with a child's disturbed eating...

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... Family ideology and how it is affecting our homes. "In a society of post-nuclear families and a regime governed by Love Family ideology, patterns of child-rearing have steadily moved from "high investment, warm affect" to "diminished investment, distorted affect" (Whitehead, 154). In the seventh chapter of Divorce Culture, Whitehead ... Culture describes what is going on as an "exodus of fathers" and a "widespread disengagement of fathers from their biological children". The common father-child bond has eroded with the increase in divorces over the last thirty-five years. As many fathers...

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... our childrens future. People should vote and file a petition to change the system of our government that married couples should be prepared and do some kind of community services regarding child-rearing, or propose a town meeting that will discuss a healthy relationship that will benefit their role as parent and as husband and wife as well. This proposal will help the husband ... are emotionally stable, have more parental guidance, and are most likely to be happy, content, and likely to succeed in the future. The importance of having two parents in a child's life has a great impact on ...

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... of young American children raised in poverty from these single mothers trying to make a living and raise they"re children because they got some dead beat dad that wont pay child support. And for the families who are still together the evidence clearly indicates that men are sharing very little of the burden of raising children and care of the home ... to compensate. Great decrease in the proportion of women favoring large family, both husbands and wives should be able to work, have roughly similar opportunities, and share household responsibilities and child rearing. What kids really re...

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... maximum control and to expect unquestioning obedience. Children may perceive such parents as rejecting and as refusing to give them any autonomy. Parent-child interact is not the give-and-take of a developing relationship but the giving of orders by a superior to a sub ordinate. In ... that encourages their autonomy, controls their behavior moderately, and allows them to express their opinions and develop their own decision-making ability. Parent-child interaction is generally characterized by affection, a certain amount of give-and-take, but relatively clear expectations for the childre...

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... working in an egalitarian manner, our generation is seeing more single mothers and fathers attempting to raise their children by themselves. This task of child rearing is extremely strenuous and time-consuming for single parents who work day-in and day-out to survive. Unfortunately, the children suffer the greatest loss and turn to other means ... consideration of how much money the father will be able to support for his children, the fact of the matter remains that most fathers do not really pay for any child support. Divorce results in the leading cause of poverty for both women and ...

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... working in an egalitarian manner, our generation is seeing more single mothers and fathers attempting to raise their children by themselves. This task of child rearing is extremely strenuous and time-consuming for single parents who work day-in and day-out to survive. Unfortunately, the children suffer the greatest loss and turn to other means ... consideration of how much money the father will be able to support for his children, the fact of the matter remains that most fathers do not really pay for any child support. Divorce results in the leading cause of poverty for both women and ...

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... that their ex-husband's had the majority of power. Moreover, it is still overwhelming women, not men, who are called upon to adjust their work lives to the demands of child rearing by quitting their jobs, working part-time or choosing a flexible job over one that offers higher pay (Cherlin, 1990). Women are also showing less patience with problem marriages as growing ... rather the increased inequality that makes mothers less satisfied with their marriages than nonmothers" (Unger & Crawford, pg. 375). Men are making some progress though, in taking on household tasks, including child car...

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... in a stable two-parent family, and the lack of role models for boys is a particular problem. According to a recent study [3] of young, non-custodial fathers who are behind on their child-support payments, less than half of these men were living with their own father at age 14. Of course, gauging the role of adult men in the lives of children ... (grandfather, uncle, older brother, or a boarder) living in the household who may provide a male role model for children. Yet, despite these qualifications, the trend toward declining male presence in the rearing of young children is unmistakabl...

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