However, due to the large amount of homework given to students, emotional health can become an impossible goal. When stressed by time constraints due to the demands placed on students due to the amount of homework assigned to them today, it can lead to problems with family and social bonds. Based on interviews that a Boston College professor had with about twenty families, he suggests that “homework demands disrupt…family relationships.” Relationships with parents can be strained, with parents not understanding the stress students can put on themselves. Children can become argumentative, rebellious, withdrawn and general frustration can build between parent and child, leading to detrimental outcomes. Given the turmoil between students and their parents over homework, "disputes can damage relationships within the family and affect the child's emotional development." The lack of confidence a child may feel from losing parental support can lead to running away, substance abuse, separation, anxiety, and other emotional disorders that hinder the child's development until later in life. adulthood. When it comes to social relationships, the same results can be observed. Often a child can develop a need to be accepted, which can lead them down a dark and ugly path. By choosing acceptance, rather than the stress they face daily, a child may give in to a bad element without realizing or thinking about the consequences. Beyond poor decision-making created by stress, a child may exclude loved ones and eventually become reclusive and socially awkward. Creating a personality that is difficult for others to accept and ultimately leads to a life without promise, hope or