The Influence Of Family Structure On Children

As a mother, when your pregnant with your baby you spend 9 months building a bond to the tiny human that’s growing inside of you. You promise to protect and nurture your baby no matter what. You make multiple plans such as putting them on a healthy diet, sending them to good a school and maybe even keeping them from bad influences but then all of a sudden LIFE happens. All of the struggle and pain you went through before you had your beautiful baby has caught up to you. The strict diet turns Into McDonalds because your too tired from work to stand in front of a stove and prepare a meal. And suddenly you become that bad influence that you were trying to protect your child from. You give up on and separate yourself from your children all because life happened. You ultimately become a bad parent, leaving your family structure in shambles. Family structure has a pivotal influence on the way a child is shaped and molded. The environment that a child spends most of its time in allows them to understand what’s acceptable and what’s not according to the rules of life.

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In comparison to the other 27 industrialized countries the U.S had a lead of 25% of children being raised by a single parent in comparison to the average of 14.9 percent across other countries. In the African American community alone 72% of black children were raised in a single parent home. In fact it is predicted that an African American child will only spend 6 years in a 2 parent home. One of the most common reasons behind children being forced to live in a single parent home is because of disputes between their parents. According to several online sources it is predicted that there is a 50% chance of divorce within all marriages. African Americans are actually 23% more likely to divorce or separate in comparison to all other races. Besides leaving the child feeling emotional and unstable living in a single parent home can cause behavioral problems as