THE EFFECTS OF A MARITALLY DISRUPTED ENVIRONMENT ON THE LATENCY STAGECHILD - IN RESPECT TO THE FORMAL EDUCATION PROCESS

This study looks at the deficits which the latency stage child, from a maritally disrupted home, experiences in facing the challenge of form al education. The issues surrounding the maritally disrupted child's e nvironmental and internal resources as compared to the non-maritally d isrupted child are reviewed through current published scholarly studie s. The conclusions reached were: (a) latency stage children from marit ally disrupted homes fare far worse than latency stage children from t wo parent homes; (b) the single, most crucial factor for the child of the maritally disrupted home is being able to successfully progress th rough the educational system with free access to both parents; (c) emp irical and hypothetical data show that current judicial and societal n orms are ineffective in assisting the child from the maritally disrupt ed home to succeed in the formal educational system.