Children From Broken Homes
Jessica D King
Park University

Abstract

All of us come from different backgrounds, two parent homes, single parent homes, raised by grandparents ect. However, there are also those that come from homes that never really existed. These children grew up mostly on the street, sometimes with a parent or both, and sometimes they grew up mostly by themselves, with no one to comfort them, to teach them right from wrong, to love them when they needed it the most. Do these children have less of a chance than those who came from a ‘stable home’ or are they destined to be condemned to a life of crime? I will talk about the difference between ‘broken homes’ and ‘stable homes,’ how they differ in parental situations and economic outcomes/status, and the problems that society most closely associates with children from ‘broken homes’ compared to those from ‘stable homes.’ Growing up in a ‘broken home’ may be different than growing up in a ‘stable home,’ however, that does not mean children from ‘broken homes’ will turn out any differently than those from ‘stable homes.’ They may be from different backgrounds, but each can make their way in the world, for good or for bad. What exactly is the difference between a ‘broken home’ and a ‘stable home’? I suppose that in most cases that is a matter of opinion. However, the term ‘broken home’ is described by Oxford Dictionaries as “a family in which the parents are divorced or separated” (Oxford Dictionary, "Definition of broken home in English :"). However, I think this definition is highly outdated, as a broken home could be due to ones parents being drug addicts, in prison etc. Children from the traditional definition of a non-traditional definition, ‘broken home’ don’t have that different of a lifestyle (in my opinion) as those from stable homes, they have parents who love and support them, who