I agree with the text “Broken homes ‘damage brains of infant children’ to a certain extent. Different segments of language are formed by masculine influences, and others feminine influences. If a child are only living with the mother, for example, then it could affect the child in that way. Duncan Smith states ‘children from broken families simply bump along at the back and at the bottom’ which I can see to be true to some extent because if their friends at school talk about their perfectly functioning families and they can’t agree and share the same emotions, that could be quite disheartening. However just because a child is from a ‘broken home’ doesn’t always mean they will be affected. I know people from divorced parent families that have gone to UNI, got amazing A level and GCSE grades and are working in London in top paying jobs.