Changing Society Standard Grade Modern Studies Lone Parent Families

Recap on the last lesson… In the last lesson we looked at a film on ‘The Cost of Children’. It looked at… People are waiting to have a family The cost of babies Childcare costs Cost of children How some parents struggle

Learning Objective Describe what lone parent families are like in the UK Describe some of the financial problems lone parents may have Understand how these financial problems can lead to more problems in lone parent families Explain why lone parents are more likely to be employed in low paid jobs Recognise the work the CSA does and criticisms of it To describe the problems that can be faced by some lone parent families Success Criteria To be successful you will be able to…

Lone Parent Families in the UK A lone parent family is used to describe families with only one adult living in the home In 2005 there were 1.9 million lone parents in the UK There were 3.1 million children in lone parent families About 1 out of 4 families with dependent children are lone parent families The majority of lone parent families are created through divorce and separation 9% of lone parents are male

Financial Problems... SOME lone parents struggle with money Only 1 income = Less money coming in to the home Relatively low income Pay for expensive childminders

Financial Problems can lead onto other problems. Lone parents are more likely to... Live in poor housing Be less likely to own their own home Be female Live in poverty If they are female be less likely to be in a well-paid job

LONE PARENTS AND LOW PAID JOBS Lone parents are more likely to be in low paid jobs. With your partner use the clues below to help you think of reasons why

Answers... 1.Unable to work at weekends 2.Lack of qualifications mean they might struggle to get a well paid job 3.Unable or unwilling to travel far 4.Choice of jobs is limited because they have to be there to take their children to and from school 5.Childcare may be too expensive

Child Support Agency Child support is paid by a non-resident parent towards the financial cost of raising a child Its main activities include: Establishing child support Establishing regular payment patterns Maintaining child support

Criticisms of the CSA Incompetence Inaccuracy Costs higher than returns Saves the Government money rather than help families Ignores prior agreements between parents Closing soon?

SOME, but not ALL lone parent families struggle Terri Irwin Bob Geldof JK Rowling

Activity... Read through Pages From Page 64 answer questions 1 – 10 your jotters in sentences Use p. 65 – 66 to help you complete the worksheet exercise

Have You Been Successful? Rate your own learning: GREEN – Understand fully what we have learnt AMBER – Understand some of it RED – Unsure about most/all of it Describe what lone parent families are like in the UK Describe some of the financial problems lone parents may have Understand how these financial problems can lead to more problems in lone parent families Explain why lone parents are more likely to be employed in low paid jobs You should now be able to...