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To: JohnM who wrote (246149)	3/2/2014 2:07:02 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542149

I think the results of parents being absent are different, depending on whether you are looking at boys or girls. Boys seem to get in to trouble- with the law, and accidents, and to play video games non-stop when they aren't getting in to trouble- and girls seem to get pregnant, when they are unsupervised. And of course, parents taught manners back in the day- which they don't seem to have the time to teach now. Please and thank you are less common. Students don't hold doors for each other. The little things mothers taught their children- things researchers probably don't think it measure, but which made life much more pleasant- are disappearing. I try to teach this in my class- I say thank you every time I'm handed a piece of paper, and I notice my kids are starting to pick this up too (they probably don't even realize it). I am sure some kids manage to parent themselves, but for those who can't, I'm sure the absent parent is a huge, and perhaps insurmountable, obstacle in their development. I see mostly boy behavior problems- so I would suspect the brunt of the problem of whatever change has occurred seems to be falling on them. If I were studying this I'd look for cohorts of similar socioeconomic status, and look at boys with one parent homes and little supervision, and in tact families with a mom at home, and one parent homes where supervision was present (but was not parental). Now THAT'S a study that I think could give us some guidance going forward. I'd want to see not "outcomes"- but teacher's ratings on behavior, social interactions. nutrition (not self reported), number of tardies, suspensions, expulsions, reported school infractions, interactions with law enforcement, illnesses, hospitalizations, medications, and mental illness- all over a 10 year period- from age 7 to 17. I think this data would be really helpful. Please get this study done and report back :-)