Many legal American women do not receive the adequate prenatal healthcare that illegal immigrant women receive. Children of illegal Latino immigrants cost the state education systems even more money every year. While many of these children speak both Spanish and English, they still need English as a Second Language (ESL) classes to keep up with their American counterparts. In 2007, ESL classes cost the state of Virginia over $12 million in extra teacher’s salaries and extra classroom spaces ( Birthright). These monies could have been spent on the education of children of legal American parents.
However, one factor that should be taken into consideration is the millions of dollars in government assistance that parents not receiving child support are forced to rely on. Fear is a very strong motivator, and, knowing they will have consequences to face, could make non-custodial parents much more likely to take care of their responsibilities. In many cases, receiving child support would give these struggling parents the economic boost they need to get on their feet and of public assistance. Child support usually increases a family’s income 17% - 30% which could greatly improve their standard of living. I truly feel this is worth
Data published by NHS show that there is high number of measles reported due to 1-16 years old children who missed the vaccinations between 1990s and 2000s. In 2012 the numbers of cases was 2,000. The fears are now concerned on the MMR vaccination, as now there is also a big group of children who did not received their vaccination. NHS urge parents to ensure their children receive the vaccination. This shows that many parents are sceptical to the vaccinations, what might have negative consequences for children.
However, the past several years has led to many more or blended families than any other time in history. The most evident development among American families has been declining in the traditional family (a married couple with children). New expressions of family structure established a change to describe the contrasting types of families such as single parent, step parent, blended, unmarried partners, same-sex partners, and multigenerational. “Andrew Cherlin reviews these historic changes, noting that marriage remains the most common living arrangement for raising children, but that children, especially poor and minority children, are increasingly likely to grow up in single-parent families and to experience family instability” (Scott, Steinberg). Family structure first started showing significant changes since World War II.
Why should people know their child custody laws? First, we need our children to be protected. Second, if we do not know the laws and go through a custody battle, you have a chance to lose your children, even if it is not the best decision for the children. Going through a divorce is not easy in itself, but the children are the ones that suffer the most. There is an astonishing 14.2 percent divorce rate in Nevada (Fiegerman, 2010) one of the highest in the country.
Many of these women are not only forced to support themselves, but they are also now forced to be the sole caretakers of the children from the marriage. As divorce rates continue to rise, combined with today’s economy, many of these women are forced to take care of these children on their own as their ex-husbands are not able to, or do not want to pay child support. “The United States has one of the highest percentages of children living in poverty among, because the majority of them are living in mother-headed households” (DiNitto and McNeece). Although the children are both the mother’s and father’s responsibility, many times the mothers are left alone as the fathers figure out ways to avoid their financial responsibilities. As such, many of these formerly unskilled women are now forced to learn a trade and join the workforce.
Adopting the Older Child Thousands of children in the United States are in need of adoption. There are many families willing to adopt, but families tend to prefer the adoption of an infant over the adoption of an older child. A family who is looking to adopt should adopt an older child. The process of adopting an older child is fairly quick. There are not enough willing families to make up for the numerous amount of older children who need to be adopted.
Causes and effects of Poverty A starting point for causing poverty can be as simple as early age pregnancies. It is always said ‘Teenage pregnancy generally leads to being in poverty for the majority of your life’, but why is this? Having a baby in your teen years can create unnecessary stress, this could lead to being distracted from school work or even worse, dropping out of school all together. This would leave you with no real qualifications and in the current economic situation the chances are that you will become one of growing number of unemployed young adults. At this point, money will most likely become the main objective.
To some this may seem like basic knowledge, but others, who don't have access to this information, need to understand how it woks. They need to know the consequences of having a baby. The fact is 90% of teen parents live in poverty and the majority of teen couples who have babies do not stay together. There are many risks for the baby's health that result from teen births. It is very expensive to have a child and the parents need to be aware.
UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Parental separation is the ending of a marriage before the death of either spouse. In many developed countries, separation rates have increased markedly during the previous century. It is reported that more than 1 million children each year experience their parents’ separation. Divorce or separation is a critical event happening to about 54% of young families; however nobody really is prepared for the difficulties that follow. Parental separation has been reported in the literature as being associated with a wide range of adverse effects on children’s wellbeing, both as a short-term consequence of the transition and in the form of more enduring effects that persist into adulthood.