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Book Analysis: Growing Up With A Single Parent

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The book that I decided to do my Book Analysis on was Growing Up with a Single Parent. The message behind the book is the relationship between family structure and a child’s expectations for success. In the book, the author explains why it is important that the costs of having and raising a child is constantly shifting from mothers to fathers and from the households with the parents to society ( schools, daycares, and etc), including assistance program that help families in lower income two parent households and single mothers must be developed. The main message the authors are exploring the linkage between childhood family structures and later success through moderate influences of parenting practices, socioeconomic differences, and community
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Parental failure induces children to mature quickly Failure of parental advocacy can permit children into reaching adulthood. Children who grow up with irresponsible and carefree parents must grow up faster than children who do have responsible and mature parents. In the book The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, exemplifies how irresponsible the parents were toward their children by neglecting them and that acquired the children to care for themselves. For instances Jeannette’s mom did not want to take responsibility for her family who was struggling with money.

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In Chapter Three: The Early Years, the author reflects on the role race plays in children’s lives and how they perceive racial differences. The question used in the title, “Is my skin brown because I drink chocolate milk?”, generally reflects the author’s stance on how young children view race: with slight puzzlement and an assumption that white should be the default. One of the most important things the author discussed, in my opinion, is that kids ask questions. Anyone who has ever met a child knows that they ask questions about everything, sometimes even uncomfortable things, because they are still learning about the world.

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African American teen fathers have other responsibilities that may affect their ability to care for their child or children financially. For example, school, sports, and maybe the responsibility of caring for other siblings could affect time and ability to care for their child or children financially. A study conducted by Lerman (2010), found that young, minority, and poorly educated teen fathers in fragile families have little capacity to support their children financially and are hard-pressed to maintain stability in raising those children. In this study Lerman explored the capabilities and contribution of fathers and how that changes as the child get older. Lerman (2010) found, “ employment levels, and employment growth is that 40 percent of fathers, nonresident fathers are teen fathers, compared with only about 16 percent of cohabiting fathers and 0.1 percent of married fathers.

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