American Family Changes

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The American family has changed over the past 20 years since I have been in my place of employment. Where there once was a mother and father in the home to relieve their child from the bus. Making sure to introduce themselves to me as I would go on my dry runs, to now I am seeing more single parent homes; Where the families are split up due to Divorce or working long hours. With this change has caused longer working hours, behavioral problems on the bus and dropping the children off at the neighbor’s

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