Here’s an article that I saw yesterday, and as a teacher myself I have to agree.
The decline of marriage is leading to widespread underachievement and indiscipline in schools, teachers warned yesterday.
Children with "chaotic" home lives turn up at school too troubled to learn, wrecking their prospects of success in exams, they said.
Growing numbers are being brought up in splintered families by mothers with children by different fathers, leading to behaviour and mental health problems including eating disorders and suicidal thoughts, a teachers’ conference heard.
The article can be seen in full here.
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