Social Issues Affecting Students
by Alexa Luna
1. Risk factors
1.1. Parents employment status, residency changes, young parents (teen), parents lacking education, larger families, and households without english speaking adults.
2. New image of "family" with diversity
2.1. The "typical" no longer exists, families can be made up of unmarried parents raising the children, gay/lesbian parents, single mothers, and interracial marriages
3. Poverty & Violence
3.1. 21.8 % of students live in poverty and unfortunately minimum wage is is not enough to support family. From poverty, to abuse children are experiencing violence verbally and physically. As educators we are required to report all suspected cases of child abuse.
4. Homelessness
5. Bullying
5.1. Cyberbullying