Compared to kids living with their married birth parents, adopted kids are
-Twice as likely to have their parents contacted for schoolwork problems
-3 times more likely to be suspended or expelled from school
-4 times more likely to repeat a grade
ifstudies.org/blog/the-adopt…
-Twice as likely to have their parents contacted for schoolwork problems
-3 times more likely to be suspended or expelled from school
-4 times more likely to repeat a grade
ifstudies.org/blog/the-adopt…
I was suspended, didn't do homework, detention, etc. Never had to repeat a grade, but I probably should have given how little effort I put in nypost.com/2020/02/08/how…
"one might expect that adopted children would do well in school...adoptive families tend to be better off financially than other families with children. This is partly due to self-selection and partly to the screening that adoptive parents must go through" ifstudies.org/blog/the-adopt…
Education outcomes are merely a symptom of deeper problems no one wants to talk about. Childhood instability isn't bad because it might affect a kid's education. It's bad because of its effects on the subjective experience of a kid going through it. But we'd rather talk education
Frantic activity on distractions and rituals as a defense against impotence. There is a term for that
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