Single Parent Family Structure

Family structure influences children’s education. Children who grow up in single parent homes are more likely to dropout of school (Encyclopedia of Children’s Health, 2015). According to U.S. Census Bureau (2007) single parent homes have more economical issues than traditional families. Children and their families do not have enough supplies, so the children start to work. As a result, for these children having job is better than going to schools, so they decide to leave schools. Even though they have jobs, their salaries are low because they do not have certificate of high school. Thus, when they grow up, they will have more financial issues. For example, they need money to get married, buy cars, and get a house. Moreover, they cannot afford

Children do better at school when they live with both parents. The parents support their children in their studying, so they can do better, and this incites children to study more. According to “Family Influence on Education,” by Kaitlin Mulhere (2015), people will have educational disadvantage if their adolescence years were spent with single parent home. Moreover, Kaitlin (2015) posits that children who live with one parent do about 1.3 years of schooling less than children who live with tow parents. Thus, children who grow up in single parent families are more likely to have lower level of education. Kaitlin (2015) states that the percentages of teenagers who are staying with single parent homes have low-income more than teenagers who are staying with two parent homes. Hence, they will have less educational equality, so they will work in low position. As a result, they will have low-income. There is a positive relationship between lower level of education and low-income. According to “Education and Employment of Disconnected Low-Income Men,” by Margaret Simms (2013), high-income males have higher levels of education than lower-income men. If people have higher level of education, they will have higher position, so you will earn more money. Children from single parent families are more often to drop out of schools, and they more likely to have