...“BROKEN HOME” I looked around the house; the walls seemed strong and they were holding together. I couldn’t seem to find any holes. Where were they? I knew they had to be somewhere, but my search for a gap or even a crack became hopeless. Maybe it was Mom’s house that was punctured, but when I looked around her place, I was equally disappointed. Yet, people insisted that I came from a broken home. That was fourteen years ago, and now that I’m much older, I know that they didn’t mean “broken” in the literal sense. I can still remember the confusion, that burning question inside of me; if my home is as sturdy as everyone else’s, then why am I labeled as different? It’s a painful reality that has taken me all these years to accept being different, being broken. I used to wonder; if it’s bad to break things, is it bad to be broken too? I can see there is something broken about my family. Instead of being one supportive unit, our home has been one of constant fighting and worrying. Instead of following my parent’s directives, I am forced to decide which parent to listen to. And I hate it. I hate being stuck in the middle of two sides, trapped in the center of the conflict, with no place to turn. I’m not on one side and I’m not on the other. I’m just lost in the middle with my sister and three brothers. When I closed my eyes, I imagined that it’s all a game of tug-of-war. I am the rope that both my parent so desperate to gain. They both pull without compromise...
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...Abstract Living in a broken home will affect more than fifty percent of children born this year alone as they will have to endure the divorce of their parents before they’re of age ceremony; turning 18. Not only that, but children whom experience such a thing are more than likely to need psychological help. A broken household is the result from one’s parents divorcing, sometimes certain parents to never be seen again or even the start of abuse. The purpose of this study is to provide a systematic review of the evidence-based literature concerning broken homes, illness, behavior and delinquency. It is hoped that this study will inform those studying human development. Keywords: Broken, Home, Relationship, Bonding, Development, Action, Emotion. The Effects of Living in Broken Homes It is time, at last, to speak the truth about broken homes and the how they affect the psychological development of children. Problematic behavior in children up to adulthood goes hand in hand with how they were raised and what setting their childhood took place in. Depression, separation issues, anxiety, relationship problems, disorderly conduct and delinquency or even little emotional reaction could all be factors of living in a broken home. Not only is there a possibility of these actions, but relationships and bonding could also be put to a halt. Children can hardly control their emotions let alone actions upon having little to no structure. As Oxford points out, “it is not the actual break-up...
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...The Effect of a Broken Family on Development by R.A. Anderson, Demand Media \ A broken family can negatively affect all domains of your child's development. ------------------------------------------------- Related Articles ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- * Family Development Activities * Social Development and Family Planning * How Does Family Structure Impact Language Development? * The Effect of an Addictive Behavior on a Family * The Effect of Divorce on Early Childhood Development * The Effect of Language Development on Social Development The University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension explains that the effects of a broken family on a child’s development depends on numerous factors, including her age when her parents separation, and on her personality and family relationships. Although infants and young children may experience few negative developmental effects, older children and teenagers may experience some problems in their social, emotional and educational functioning. Emotional After a divorce, children from pre-school through late adolescence can experience deficits in emotional development. Children of all ages may seem tearful or depressed, which is a state that can last several years after a child’s parents’ have separated, explains psychologist Lori Rappaport. Additionally, some older children may show very little emotional reaction to their parents’...
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...Academic performance is influenced by a student’s skills, attitudes, and behaviours such as self-perceived academic competency, self-driven regulation of learning, self-test directed, ambivalence, ego-orientation, and help-seeking behaviour. Although previously viewed as immature and incompetent, academic help-seeking behaviour is now shown to be positively associated with academic success (Barker, 2009). Research demonstrates that the majority of college students do not seek formal help (i.e. assistance from instructors) the reasons why are unclear. Academic help-seeking behaviour is a complex phenomenon that depends on students’ perceptions and beliefs, social norms, goal structure of a classroom, and teacher’s instructional approaches, openness, and flexibility (Ames, 1982). Ames and Lau (1982) define help-seeking as “an achievement behaviours involving the search for and employment of a strategy to obtain success” This behaviour helps students deal with complex concepts that they may not fully comprehend on their own. Academic help- seeking behaviours is associated with motivation, ego-achievement goals, classroom norms, and characteristics of helpers. However, students who need academic help do not always seek it because doing so may be negatively viewed as an admission of their inability to succeed without support. Adolescence and young adulthood is well recognized as a period of rapid physical, psychological, sociocultural and cognitive development in which young people...
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...VERONICA ANULIKA OGBOO SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES KPT/CASS/10/2073 COURSE: SOCIAL POLICY ASSIGNMENT ON ORIGIN OF SOCIAL POLICY An Introduction to Social Policy Social Policy Social policy is the study of social services and the welfare state. In general terms, it looks at the idea of the social welfare. And its relationship to politics and society. More specifically, it also considers detailed issues in Modem government is based on a social contact between citizens and the state in which rights and duties are agreed to by all to further the common intrest . citizens lend their support to a government through taxes and efforts to a country’s good. In return, government acquire legitimacy by protecting the people’s rights and through public policies that benefit all. However, policy making is often captured by powerful groups and elites. Making government policies based and accountable to the majority and citizens. With half the world’s population living below the two dollar a day poverty line. Ineffective social policies can be the spark for state breakdown. Lack of opportunity, authoritarian rule, gross inequity, exclusion and deprivation-all increase the likelihood of a state’s de-legitimization and withdrawal of its citizens support. Leading to social disintegration. Conflict and violence Social policy is an instrument applied by governments to regulate and supplement market institutions and social structures. Social policy is often defined as social services such as...
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...EFFECT OF BROKEN HOMES ON THE LEARNING PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS (A CASE STUDY IN LAGELU L.G.A OF OYO STATE) ABSTRACT This study examines the effect of broken homes on the learning performance/academic achievement in mathematics of Junior Secondary School students in Lagelu L.G.A. in Oyo state. According to the U.S census Bureau, half of all first marriages end in divorce, while 60% of divorcing couples have children. 36.3% of children live with their mothers. This study therefore sought to analyse the contribution of broken homes whether positively or negatively on the academic performance of the students in mathematics, the socio- economic status of the parents and how it affects the students’ performance, the interest of the parent toward child’s education and how it affects the child’s performance, relationship between students performance and their home situation and also to make recommendation towards the means of safe guarding the academic performance of children from broken homes. To achieve these objectives, the researcher employed a survey research design. A random sampling technique was used to select one hundred and fifty (150) students in five (5) selected secondary schools in Lagelu L.G.A. Out of 150 respondents, only 109 respondents completed and returned the questionnaire for the purpose of the study...
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...Effect of Broken Home In: Business and Management Effect of Broken Home CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study Broken home is a worldwide problem and it occurs in a situation whereby the parent are not able to cope with each other may be as a result of financial constraint or incompactibility of their behavior hence the child live with either of the parents. The parents in order to make bolt ends meet will not be at home most of the time. The child is deprived of love and affection and parent s enlightenment and motivation on how to go about things. The family in this situation becomes less important as an educating an gent where the parents the child is living will have to re – marry , either the man or woman, the child may not be acceptable by the step parent. Thus, such a child becomes a liability instead of an asset. The child may be maltreated in various forms. That is the child may not be given adequate food and money to school and will therefore be exposed to stealing or running away to do meager jobs to feed him or her self. The child at this adolescent age wants independence from the family but attaining adult status and developing as a unique individual needs guidance which may be lacking in this situation . The family could no longer prepare the child for traditional adult role which he/she is expected to play in the society. So the child finds it difficult to formulate values acceptable to his /her own group, to parent and to cultural mores...
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...The effect of a broken home on the child Posted on August 24, 2010 by soulsista704@yahoo.com There is no disputing the fact that the home or the conditions in which a child grows up in determine the eventual outcome of that child. The home is the first school of life the child is enrolled in and where that home fails to provide lessons that would mould and keep the child grounded, such individual ends up exhibiting some questionable personality traits or character flaws. The role of both parents can, therefore not be overemphasized. The presence of the father as breadwinner, authority figure and role model should instil in the child the discipline and focus required to succeed in life. Consequently, the presence of the mother as care giver, support system (both morally and spiritually) and disciplinarian is needed to guide the child through the right paths in life. One should also note that other members of the family at large have their distinct roles to play in ensuring that the child is brought up properly where he does not end up becoming a menace to the society. The parents are the primary authority figures in the child’s life and their attitude or actions in the home towards the child, with each other and with others, could make or mar the child depending on the level of influence or quality of value instilled in the child. Where at an early age, the child is exposed to circumstance that contradicts the normal status quo in the family, that child is bound to pick up...
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...Background to the study Broken home is a worldwide problem and it occurs in a situation whereby the parent are not able to cope with each other may be as a result of financial constraint or incompactibility of their behavior hence the child live with either of the parents. The parents in order to make bolt ends meet will not be at home most of the time. The child is deprived of love and affection and parent s enlightenment and motivation on how to go about things. The family in this situation becomes less important as an educating an gent where the parents the child is living will have to re – marry , either the man or woman, the child may not be acceptable by the step parent. Thus, such a child becomes a liability instead of an asset. The child may be maltreated in various forms. That is the child may not be given adequate food and money to school and will therefore be exposed to stealing or running away to do meager jobs to feed him or her self. The child at this adolescent age wants independence from the family but attaining adult status and developing as a unique individual needs guidance which may be lacking in this situation . The family could no longer prepare the child for traditional adult role which he/she is expected to play in the society. So the child finds it difficult to formulate values acceptable to his /her own group, to parent and to cultural mores. In the course of adolescent development task, the home is of greatest importance. A good home provides love, support...
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...Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Nigeria. 2 Mathematics and Science Education Department, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 3 University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Accepted 14 May, 2010 An investigation was carried out on students’ study habit in volumetric analysis at the senior secondary school level in Ondo State. A descriptive research design was adopted in the study. Questionnaire on study habit inventory was adapted and used to collect information from the respondents at various sampled schools. The sample comprised 240 senior secondary II chemistry students drawn from six schools in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State. The hypotheses investigated with respect to students’ study habit problems such as home work/ assignment, reading and note-taking, students’ concentration, time allocation, teachers’ consultation as human variables were analyzed using chi-square statistics at 0.05 level of significance. The results indicated that the main sources of students’ study problems have strong influence on students’ study habit which is causally related to the performance and consequently the efficiency of the students during the practical lesson in volumetric analysis. Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended that chemistry teachers need proper exposure and orientation to some psychological study problems in order to understand students’ developmental and...
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...THE IMPACT OF FAMILY STRUCTURE ON UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE By Eweniyi, G. D (Ph.D.) Olabisi Onabamijo University, Ago-lwoye. Abstract This paper is a report of the study that examined the impact of family structure on the academic performance of university students. The sample for the study consisted of 240 students drawn from the six randomly selected faculties in Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-lwoye. The adapted form of "Guidance and Counselling Achievement Grade Form" was used for data collection and the data collected were subjected to statistical analysis using the t-test statistical method. The three null hypotheses formulated were tested at .05 level of significance. The results showed that significant differences existed between the academic performance of students from single-parent family and those from two-parent family structures. The results also indicated significant differences in academic performance of male and female students compared on two types of family structures. On the basis of these findings, it was recommended that school counsellors should be employed in all schools and that they should provide necessary assistance to students especially those from single-parent family to enable them overcome their emotional concerns. Introduction Over the years, the investigations of the factors that influence academic performance of students have attracted the interest and concern of teachers, counsellors, psychologists, researchers and...
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...c h a p t e r 2 Nursing Process Words to Know actual diagnosis assessment collaborative problems critical thinking data base assessment diagnosis evaluation focus assessment goal implementation long-term goals nursing diagnosis nursing orders nursing process objective data planning possible diagnosis potential diagnosis short-term goals signs standards for care subjective data symptoms syndrome diagnosis wellness diagnosis Learning Objectives On completion of this chapter, the reader will: ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Define nursing process. Describe six characteristics of the nursing process. List five steps in the nursing process. Identify four sources for assessment data. Differentiate between a data base assessment and a focus assessment. Distinguish between a nursing diagnosis and a collaborative problem. List three parts of a nursing diagnostic statement. Describe the rationale for setting priorities. Discuss appropriate circumstances for short-term and long-term goals. Identify four ways to document a plan of care. Describe the information that is documented in reference to the plan of care. Discuss three outcomes that result from evaluation. n the distant past, nursing practice consisted of actions based mostly on common sense and the examples set by older, more experienced nurses. The actual care of clients tended to be limited to the physician’s medical orders. Although nurses today continue to work interdependently with physicians and other health care practitioners...
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...ETHICAL ISSUES IN COUNSELLING Introduction In recent years, counsellors have taken important steps to develop clearer professional identity. Counsellors regard themselves as a specialised sub-group within the helping professions. A critical criterion for any professional group is the development and utilization of relevant ethical standards. Knowledge about ethical issues is important as these issues have legal implications. The topic under discussion also presents examples of issues of ethical concern, which may crop up in the course of counselling and how to deal with them. The study of this issues will enable the counsellor to: * avoid legal complications in the course of his/her work as a counsellor * deal appropriately with ethical issues * advise committee members appropriately on complications of counselling the students Ethics According to Ackummey (2003) Ethics are the dos and don’ts of a profession. They are the agreed standard or code governing the profession. Every profession such as teaching, law, medicine and nursing, has its own ethics. Counsellors are increasingly searching for professional status and as such need to satisfy the criteria for every profession. In Ghana, the counselling profession is still young and does not have any specific code of conduct like the teaching profession but there are general universal guidelines to which every counsellor is expected to conform. Guidelines Some of the guidelines a counsellor must use include the following:...
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...Form Relationship between broken homes and academic achievement of secondary school students in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. Full Text: The study investigated the relationship between broken homes and academic achievement of students. Three research hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The study was correlational because the study sought to establish the extent of relationship between broken homes and academic achievement. The statistical method used in analyzing the data was the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient (r). Reliable and validated questionnaires which were designed to elicit information on the hypotheses of study were used. Six senior secondary schools were randomly selected for the study. One hundred and fifty respondents from single parent homes were used for the study. 25 respondents were randomly selected from six schools. Results showed a significant relationship between broken homes and academic achievement of students. It was also discovered that female students from broken homes perform better in their studies than the male students, moreover, the result showed that low socio-economic status, also had an adverse effect on the academic performance of children from broken homes. It is recommended that personal social counselling should be rendered to students from broken homes, with a view to counselling students who are experiencing some challenges Keywords: Stable homes, broken homes, Academic achievement, gender...
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...Children From Broken Homes Jessica D King Park University Abstract All of us come from different backgrounds, two parent homes, single parent homes, raised by grandparents ect. However, there are also those that come from homes that never really existed. These children grew up mostly on the street, sometimes with a parent or both, and sometimes they grew up mostly by themselves, with no one to comfort them, to teach them right from wrong, to love them when they needed it the most. Do these children have less of a chance than those who came from a ‘stable home’ or are they destined to be condemned to a life of crime? I will talk about the difference between ‘broken homes’ and ‘stable homes,’ how they differ in parental situations and economic outcomes/status, and the problems that society most closely associates with children from ‘broken homes’ compared to those from ‘stable homes.’ Growing up in a ‘broken home’ may be different than growing up in a ‘stable home,’ however, that does not mean children from ‘broken homes’ will turn out any differently than those from ‘stable homes.’ They may be from different backgrounds, but each can make their way in the world, for good or for bad. What exactly is the difference between a ‘broken home’ and a ‘stable home’? I suppose that in most cases that is a matter of opinion. However, the term ‘broken home’ is described by Oxford Dictionaries as “a family in which the parents are divorced or separated” (Oxford Dictionary, "Definition...
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