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It is poverty, not single parenthood which causes children to fail in the education system.
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Sociology Coursework It is poverty, not single parenthood which causes children to fail in the education system. Aim Single parents' families headed by one mother have particularly come under attack. Fatherless families are blamed for rising crime, education failure the children in the work and dependence on the State Welfare. My aim to find out if the lack of a father figure is to blame for the failure of the children in the education system. I will also look at other factors of educational underachievement such as parental interest and poverty and material deprivation. I will explore Charles Murray's view that single parent hood has contributed to creating a whole new strata of society, the under class. I will also look at how Abbot and Wallace criticise this view. Context and Concepts It has been argued that the absence of a father figure weakness family control of children and deprives boys of a male role...
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