Negative Effects Of Adult Supervision

The research in this article was designated to find out the effects of adult supervision to school-age children’s behaviors. In recently years, the rate of females who participate in the labor force has increased significantly. According to the US Census Bureau, in 1999, 78% of women who have school-age children were in labor force, up to 33%-64% compared to the rate since 1950 to 1980. Also, the increasing in the trend of single women was a result of welfare reform effort in early-mid 1900s. Due to the problem, the need of a trusty places where children could be sent when their mother were not home increased. However, many of them were restrained because of the high cost of these childcare centers. As a result, in 1998, there were about eight million children, who are from ages 5 to 14, spent their time at home without supervision of …show more content…
In order to find out the effects of this situation, a method was developed by collecting and studying the data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth Child-Mother in 1998 and Survey of Income and Program Participation in 1999. By target, 3,726 children age 10 to 14 of blacks, Hispanic, poor whites with economic disadvantages, and military …show more content…
Thus, some of it could be no longer reliable for today. However, this research still has some highlight points since it pointed out the real situation of childcare’s policies and the effects of ungraduated high school mothers on their children at that time, to contribute in early childhood education field. School-age children today can receive grants for after school childcare from many organizations of government. In addition, the rate of undergraduate women currently have also decreased significantly. The problem is dealing with the rate of teenage mothers who often get struggling to afford education and to support the development of their