Why do children left behind in the origin country by parents who migrate to the United States merit special study? Why might the children be left behind?
What will be an ideal response?
First, some visa categories do not provide visas for the children of new LPRs. Second, new LPRs who can bring their minor children as accompanying children may not have the financial resources necessary for bringing all of them. Third, by the time a numerically limited visa becomes available, the children may have lost eligibility for visas as accompanying family members, either because they married or because they age out. Additional questions that merit further study concern the effects of household structure and of the larger social environment on children of immigrants. These reflect views that children may suffer greatly if one or more family members is unauthorized either via mechanisms of compassion or because the family's coping strategies may significantly curtail opportunities for the nonunauthorized child. Other questions pertain to the possibly beneficial effects of native step-siblings and half-siblings. Finally, discriminatory tendencies in the larger social environment may negatively affect the child's development, either directly or by limiting parents' ability to invest in their children and nurture their cognitive and noncognitive skills. Of course, there will always be children who rise above all adversity, and indeed, use it as a force for good. But their numbers may not be large.
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Social researchers have identified some key factors that distinguish children who had been damaged by divorce and those who had not
All of the following are listed in Aulette as factors contributing to the well being of children of divorce EXCEPT a. parents who cooperate with each other. b. parents who are mutually supportive of the children. c. ability to maintain their middle-class lifestyle, live in the same house and continue in the same school. d. maintenance of relationships with family members who were important to them before the divorce including fathers, grandparents, stepsiblings, etc.
Revolutions are normally followed by radical social change
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which statement accurately reflects the author’s findings?
a. Both mothers and fathers celebrated gender nonconformity on the part of their young daughters. b. Fathers seemed to enthusiastically accomplish gender differently for their sons but not their daughters. c. Mothers promoted gender-nonconforming activities such as playing with Barbie dolls for their boys and participating in sports for their girls. d. Neither mothers nor fathers sought to accomplish gender in nonconforming ways.