In today’s society there are many factors that place stress on the family unit as well as affect a child’s well being. With research growing to identify these factors, it has become crucial to educate families. Some of the affecting factors found include military involved parents, teen pregnancy, and parental substance abuse. Being classified as a military family can mean a variety of situations. It may include having one or both parents deployed overseas, having a parent stationed away from home but has regular short visits, or having a parent who frequently travels for job responsibilities, such as trainings. Of all active military service members, forty-three percent have children. Having a loved one serve in the military is difficult
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Although it has become more accepted, it hasn’t made the responsibilities any less or easier. Teen parents are often not mature enough to maintain their relationship with each other and many times results in separation and single parenting. Unfortunately, in some cases, the father was not involved passed conception. (Langille, 2007). Children of teen parents are two times more likely to experience neglect and/or abuse and affects this has on a child’s well being is likely to start as early as birth. These babies are often born of low birth weight and prematurely. Although this is common in other aged mothers, it can still result in developmental delays or increased probabilities of difficulties later on. Children who are born to teen parents experience a less supportive home environment and are more likely to become a teen parent themselves later on in life. (Slocum, 2014). A less supportive environment can affect parent and child bonding, which is crucial to later attachments. Teens still want to live his or her life having fun or finishing school, despite having a baby, and often leave caring for the baby up to somebody else. If this occurs, having a secure attachment can be jeopardized (Cornell, Bonding, 2014). Living in poverty is also common because teens are often rejected by their families for getting pregnant young and do not receive financial help. Most teen mothers have not completed high school and therefore receive fewer employment opportunities (American Academy,
Although it has become more accepted, it hasn’t made the responsibilities any less or easier. Teen parents are often not mature enough to maintain their relationship with each other and many times results in separation and single parenting. Unfortunately, in some cases, the father was not involved passed conception. (Langille, 2007). Children of teen parents are two times more likely to experience neglect and/or abuse and affects this has on a child’s well being is likely to start as early as birth. These babies are often born of low birth weight and prematurely. Although this is common in other aged mothers, it can still result in developmental delays or increased probabilities of difficulties later on. Children who are born to teen parents experience a less supportive home environment and are more likely to become a teen parent themselves later on in life. (Slocum, 2014). A less supportive environment can affect parent and child bonding, which is crucial to later attachments. Teens still want to live his or her life having fun or finishing school, despite having a baby, and often leave caring for the baby up to somebody else. If this occurs, having a secure attachment can be jeopardized (Cornell, Bonding, 2014). Living in poverty is also common because teens are often rejected by their families for getting pregnant young and do not receive financial help. Most teen mothers have not completed high school and therefore receive fewer employment opportunities (American Academy,