broken home

broken home
   a family with young children whose parents have parted
   Not a building struck by some natural disaster:
    Lucy was raised in what used to be called a 'broken home'. (Turow, 1996)

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  • Broken Home —   [ brəʊkn həʊm; englisch »zerstörtes Zuhause«], sozialpsychologische Bezeichnung für den Zustand gestörten Familienzusammenhalts. Der hierdurch verursachte Verlust des Geborgenheitsgefühls kann bei Kindern zu Entwicklungshemmungen, Anpassungs… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • broken home — ► NOUN ▪ a family in which the parents are divorced or separated …   English terms dictionary

  • broken home — noun a family in which the parents have separated or divorced • Hypernyms: ↑family, ↑household, ↑house, ↑home, ↑menage * * * ˌbroken ˈhome [broken home] …   Useful english dictionary

  • Broken Home (song) — Infobox Single Name = Broken Home Artist = Papa Roach from Album = Infest Released = July 31, 2001 Format = CD Recorded = 1999 Genre = Nu metal, Rapcore Length = 3 min 41 sec Label = Dreamworks Last single = Between Angels and Insects (2001) |… …   Wikipedia

  • broken home — /broʊkən ˈhoʊm/ (say brohkuhn hohm) noun a family household in which the parents have divorced or separated, especially when the family is under strain and not functioning well, with negative impact on the children. Also, broken family …  

  • broken home — noun A home in which the parents have separated or divorced …   Wiktionary

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