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> Poorer families have less structure What? Citation needed. I totally grant your conclusion that there are big obstacles to academic success for kids growing
by zbentley 8y ago
> Poorer families have less structure
What? Citation needed.
I totally grant your conclusion that there are big obstacles to academic success for kids growing up in poverty, but, if what you mean what I think you mean, that's a wrong basis for that conclusion.
- macintux 8y agoI’m neither the poster nor do I have any citations, but it does seem difficult to argue that a single parent household where the breadwinner is working two or three jobs won’t have less active supervision.
- JakeTheAndroid 8y ago[0] - http://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/child-poverty-rates-and-family-structure.aspx http://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/child-poverty-ra... [1] - https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2015/12/17/parenting-in-america/ https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2015/12/17/parenting-in-amer... I am not sure what you think I mean. But what I mean is poorer families have less support, and parents spend less time with their children. This can have cognitive and emotional impact on them impacting academic success and overall emotional maturity.