Choose two of the parenting contexts discussed in the text and describe them in more depth: (1) teen parents; (2) single parents; (3) lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender families; (4) grandparents raising grandchildren. Use information from the chapter in your essay.
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Teen parents: Declining among all racial and ethnic groups; face academic and social problems.
2. Single parents: Different types of single-parent families; different paths to becoming a single parent; cause-and effect relationship is unclear
3. LGBT families: Only allowed to marry in all 50 states since 2015; parenting is generally a deliberate choice; LGBT more likely to be affected by loss; face discrimination and homophobia; researchers examined 79 studies, and 75 concluded that children of gay or lesbian parents fare no worse than other children
4. Grandparents raising grandchildren: Roughly one in ten children live with a grandparent; greatest growth is among those families where the parent is not living with them; the child's parents may be missing because of problem like drug use or incarceration; these families often face stress
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