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Nor can a child be raised without at least one parental type figure. There is no magic involved.

• slt2021 3y ago
  “Parental involvement” as a term is misleading because it assumes there are parents and you just need to start involving them ( like Asian tiger moms are super involved, now lets just make other parents befome as involved). More correct term would be “dysfunctional family”. Family where one parent is incarcerated, another is drug addict etc etc. This term more correctly describes situation that kid is alone in his education aspirations and needs state assistance
  • dumpsterdiver 3y ago
    You speak of parents who have landed themselves in prison and become addicted to drugs as if they have no responsibility for these things. "Parental involvement" will always be waiting right where they left it if ever those parents can manage to stop doing drugs or going to prison.
    • slt2021 3y ago
      My problem with this term is it centers around parents, regardless of whether they are alive/free/sober/gainfully employed/mentally stable/etc. But kids are going to school today and now, they cannot wait for their parents to get out of jail and get sober. These kids need solution asap and waiting for their parents to show up and get involved is a waste of time - and is a primary reason why US is failing kids from low SES and maintaining pipeline of people from hood to jail.
      • dumpsterdiver 3y ago
        > My problem with this term is it centers around parents To be fair, the term in question is "parental involvement". It's understandable that some might be confused about why the "parental" part of the phrase is offensive.