Homework Clinic
Hands-on Clinic => Education => Topic started by: Sportsfan2111 on Aug 19, 2019
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Question 1
Which of the following is the best example of compadrazgo, a common practice in some Puerto Rican families?
◦ Whole neighborhoods or communities assume responsibility for raising a child.
◦ A child alternates between living with the immediate family and living with other relatives, depending on economic sufficiency.
◦ A child is sent to live with non-parent relatives on the mainland.
◦ Close friends with no formal kinship ties participate in co-parenting.
Question 2
Research suggests that Latino parents who live in poverty see completing homework as:
◦ an important step their children should take toward a better economic future.
◦ work that really should be done during school hours.
◦ a frustration because they can't help their primary-grade children.
◦ busy work that does not enhance their children's educational achievement.
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Answer 1
Close friends with no formal kinship ties participate in co-parenting.
Answer 2
an important step their children should take toward a better economic future.