Consequences of Family Breakdown according to 'Breakdown Britain 2006'
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- Consequences of Family Breakdown
- Dysfunctional Families
- A number of families who cannot offer their offspring core needs such as secure attachment, protection and self-control
- Poverty and Welfare Dependency
- Failure to develop a bond between the Mother and Father often leads to welfare dependency.
- Women are often faced with having to cope on their own which places the financial burden on wider society
- Housing stocks are under immense pressure-lone parenthood has increased the amount of families needing separate housing
- Women are often faced with having to cope on their own which places the financial burden on wider society
- Failure to develop a bond between the Mother and Father often leads to welfare dependency.
- Delinquency & Crime
- 70% of young offenders come from lone parent families
- Impact on the Elderly
- In a society characterized by breakdown it is no longer seen as a moral responsibility to care for the elderly, thus the responsibiliy is shifting to the state
- Costs to the Nation
- If there was less family breakdown, less children would be taken into care, there would be less of a demand on the NHS, less unemployment and less educational failure
- Effects on Housing
- Housing stocks are under immense pressure-lone parenthood has increased the amount of families needing separate housing
- Dysfunctional Families
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