Exam 4: Structurally Diverse Families

Which of these strategies should teachers avoid when working with nuclear families?

Kelsey can avoid offending her student's same-sex parents by referring to them as the child's parents,rather than identifying them as the child's mother or father.

Almost twice as many children live in poverty in single-mother households than do single-father or two-parent households.

T.J.lives with his mother,his stepfather,and his sister during the week and with his dad and his dad's girlfriend on the weekends.T.J.'s parents are very combative with each other,and Mr.Wilkins is noticing a lot of emotional outbursts and behavior problems with T.J.on Mondays and Fridays especially.Mr.Wilkins knows he needs to talk with T.J.'s family,but he isn't quite sure how to approach them or whom to approach first.What should Mr.Wilkins do in this situation to help T.J.?

Teachers are cautioned against "verbal ignorance" when they interact with adoptive families.Which answer is an example of verbal ignorance?

Which answer is an example of kinship care?

Research indicates that older foster children,particularly those who experience emotional trauma and attachment issues,______.

Although increasing numbers of women are choosing to raise children in single-parent households,research still indicates greater positive outcomes for children raised by two parents.

How can Ms.Blum best support the families of her students who are experiencing divorce?

Because privacy guidelines limit teachers from reading court orders in a children's school record,they must rely on the custodial parent for directions regarding communication with the noncustodial parent.

In a ______ family,fathers or mothers raise children on their own,without a partner.

Children adjust better to their parents' divorce if ______.

Research shows that being raised in a LGBT family does not affect children's gender identities,although children raised in heterosexual families do have slightly better health and academic outcomes when compared to children from LGBT families.

Recent U.S.Census Bureau findings show that,for some regions of the country,almost half of all households with children are single-parent households.

Which reason may prevent the active engagement of same-sex parents in their child's education and features a solution over which the teacher has control?

Daria was born in Korea and now lives in the United States with her adoptive family.Her mother is Caucasian and her father is African American.This scenario is an example of a ______ adoption.

Research indicates that Latino,African American,and Asian families are more likely than White families to live in ______.

A parent who has biological children with more than one partner is said to have ______.

The U.S.Census Bureau includes first-time married,as well as remarried parents/stepparents living with their children in its definition of nuclear families.

When comparing children living in two-parent households with children living in single-parent households,which statement is likely to be true about the children from single-parent households?