Lack of parental involvement in schools is often a problem in poor communities. (educationworld.com)
I contend that many of the issues our state is struggling with can be traced back to absentee fathers, a general lack of parental involvement and the breakdown of the family: low graduation rates, out - of - wedlock births, runaway welfare and Medicaid costs, even the spread of sexually - transmitted diseases.» (nystateofpolitics.com)
It is extremely distressing for both parents when one parent advocates solutions with the multiplicity of issues that arise and the other parent has a significant lack of parental involvement. (collaborativepracticemarin.org)