The Children's Defense Fund is a nonprofit organization that
a. advocates for social policy that will reduce the number of children in poverty.
b. defends children who have killed their abusive parents.
c. helps American parents adopt children from countries are experiencing war, famine or high childhood mortality rates due to poverty.
d. collects money from Americans who adopt poor children in poor countries and uses the money for food, education, and health care for the children who stay in their own countries with their own parents or in orphanages.
Ques. 2The term _____________ refers to the legal parameters of each parent's relationship with their children established following divorce.
a. boundary ambiguity
b. child custody
c. divorce mediation
d. co-parenting
Ques. 3How does the United States compare to the other 17 industrialized countries discussed in Aulette in terms of the percentage of children who are poor?
a. The U.S. has the second smallest percentage of children in poverty.
b. The U.S. has the second largest percentage of children in poverty.
c. The U.S. has the largest percentage of children in poverty.
d. The U.S. has the smallest percentage of children in poverty.
Ques. 4During the ______________ phase of the divorce process the couple begins the tasks of the economic and legal divorce.
a. individual cognition
b. family metacognition
c. separation
d. family reorganization
Ques. 5The term _________________ refers to confusion about who is in the family and who is not.
a. boundary ambiguity
b. organizational chaos
c. organizational complexity
d. boundary permeability
Ques. 6Which family structure has the largest proportion of children in poverty?
a. Two-parent households.
b. Single mothers.
c. Single fathers.
d. Families in which children are not living with their parents.
Ques. 7The _______________ phase of the divorce process is characterized by a high degree of uncertainty and disequilibrium.
a. individual cognition
b. family metacognition
c. separation
d. family reorganization
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