Posted by Tamar on May 4, 2005, at 18:45:14
In reply to Re: please dont redirect..., posted by justyourlaugh on May 4, 2005, at 15:16:05
> i was speaking of the kids who gravitate to my home...looing for a friendly ear..something to eat..
> can you back up your statement?Delinquency is strongly correlated with poverty and unemployment. In these circumstances the mother is more likely to be a SAHM because she is unemployed. If a child has two working parents, poverty is less likely to be a problem, and there are typically lower rates of delinquency. However, a child of a working single parent (particularly an abandoned mother) may be at more risk because a single woman usually earns less than a single man and may not be receiving financial support from the child’s father. She is also likely to be under more emotional strain than a married woman.
Nevertheless, causes of delinquency usually involve a number of factors, and parental status is only one. There are many other factors that can contribute to delinquency: social exclusion, social breakdown in the neighbourhood, physical abuse and domestic violence, to name but a few.
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