Journal article
Empowering books for young children during their parents’ separation and divorce
Practical Literacy: the early and primary years, Vol.24(3), pp.29-30
2019
Abstract
Separation and divorce have become a common phenomenon in Australia and affect a substantial number of children (ABS, 2017). While some children readily adjust to their parents' separation and divorce, other children exhibit difficulty adjusting emotionally and socially (Cheng, Dunn, O'Connor, and Golding, 2006; Potter, 2010; Strohschein, 2005; Storksen, Thorsen, Overland, and Brown, 2012), and demonstrate poorer academic outcomes (Amato, 2001; Steele, Sigle-Rushton, and Kravdal, 2009; Sun and Li, 2011). The impact of parental separation and divorce can affect children over an extended period, continuing into adolescence and adulthood (Amato and Sobolewski, 2001; Ermisch and Francesconi, 2001). Children spend a greater proportion of time each day with teachers than with any other adult other than their parents. Teachers and schools, therefore, are in a strategic position to promote wellbeing and learning in children experiencing parental separation and divorce.
Details
- Title
- Empowering books for young children during their parents’ separation and divorce
- Authors
- Linda Mahony (Author) - Charles Sturt University
- Publication details
- Practical Literacy: the early and primary years, Vol.24(3), pp.29-30
- Publisher
- Australian Literacy Educators' Association
- Organisation Unit
- School of Education and Tertiary Access; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99603405502621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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