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Traditional Families Best For Kids
-Children living in households with unrelated adults are nearly 50 times as likely to die of inflicted injuries as children living with two biological parents, according to a study of Missouri abuse reports published in the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics in 2005.
-Children living in stepfamilies or with single parents are at higher risk of physical or sexual assault than children living with two biological or adoptive parents, according to several studies co-authored by David Finkelhor, director of the University of New Hampshire's Crimes Against Children Research Center.
Girls whose parents divorce are at significantly higher risk of sexual assault, whether they live with their mother or their father, according to research by Robin Wilson, a family law professor at Washington and Lee University.
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Teacher Sex Abuse Scars Family, Town
AP reporters in every state and the District of Columbia identified 2,570 teachers who were punished for sexual misconduct from 2001 to 2005 alone, for actions that ranged from fondling to viewing child pornography to rape. Though experts who deal with...
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Naesp & Homeschoolers
Regardless of the reason parents decide to home school their children, the fact remains that public schools should work closely with home-schooled children and their parents in order to provide a positive educational experience for the children. "We have...
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The Importance Of Parental Involvement
Parent Involvement in Education by Kathleen Cotton and Karen Reed Wikelund The research overwhelmingly demonstrates that parent involvement in children's learning is positively related to achievement. Further, the research shows that the more intensively...
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Parental Involvement
The Community Education Support Foundation, Inc. organization in Meridian places much of its efforts in seeking information concerning facts are obtained through research. Research overwhelmingly demonstrates that parent involvement in children’s learning...
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Public Schools And Socialization Or The Lack Thereof
At Schools Matter No Child Left On The Playground The phone is ringing off the hook at the American Association for the Child’s Right to Play (AACRP) from parents concerned about their children's physical health and social development as play time...
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