Effects of Research on Children and Families

I don't think research is worth anything if it does not have any positive effects on children and families. I read an article titled The Effects of Marriage and Divorce on Families and Children. After completing his research, Gordon Berlin made several conclusions.

1. Children who grow up in an intact, two-parent family with both biological parents present do better on a wide range of outcomes than children who grow up in a single-parent family.
2. Evidence suggest that marital education, family counseling and related services can improve middle-class couples communication and problem solving skills, resulting initially in greater marital satisfaction and, in some cases, reduced divorce, although these effects appear to fade over time.

References
Gordon, G (2004). The Effects of Marriage and Divorce on Families and Children. Retrieved from
www.mdrc.org/publications/386/testimony.html

Week 2: My Personal Research Journey

Hello Colleagues! As a substitute teacher and future preschool teacher, I have had the amazing opportunity to work with students from different socioeconomic backgrounds. I have chosen to do further research on childhood poverty. Childhood poverty has a huge effect on a child's development and education. I have come face-to-face with poverty in the classroom. Consequently, it has had a long lasting effect on my relationships with children and their families. This is a sensitive issue that requires my immediate attention and action. I know there is so much that I can do to help alleviate the devastating effects of poverty in a child's journey to being a life long learner. I am still in the process of constructing the research chart. I'm sure this will be a roller coaster of professional development and new understandings in the course of building research competencies. I am also in the process of finding resources that I can share with all of you.  I welcome and appreciate any advice and insights any of you may have relating to childhood poverty.