Graduate Research Papers
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Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Abstract
Statistics show that children of blended families are a rapidly growing population in schools. Some demographers predict that as many as one-third of all children born in the 1980's may live with a stepparent before they are 18 (Kantrowitz & Wingert, 1990). School personnel have predominantly related to students' families under the assumption that all two-parent families were nuclear, intact, biological families. There is a need for schools to make adjustments to acknowledge the existence of the growing number of stepchildren and blended families in society (Crosbie-Burnett & Skyles, 1989). 1 Writers differ in their definition of blended families. A definition for blended families, according to Nichols and Schwartz (1991) is, "Separate families united by marriage; stepfamilies" (page 589). A stepchild is defined as a child whose biological parent has married someone other than the child's other biological parent.
Year of Submission
1993
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Education
Department
Department of Educational Administration and Counseling
First Advisor
Audrey L. Smith
Date Original
1993
Object Description
1 PDF file (23 leaves)
Copyright
©1993 Randy O. Morris
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Morris, Randy O., "Schools and the blended family" (1993). Graduate Research Papers. 2999.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/2999
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