The fact that fishermen spend most of their time away from home is also a problem for the schools. For much of the year, the only people on the island are women and children, and the old and infirm. As a result, many children are raised in quasi single-parent families or by their grandparents. The fishing industry's high mortality rate also creates many true single-parent families.
此外，漁民長期在海上討生活，只留下老弱婦孺在家，除了守寡、失怙的問題外，「假性單親」、「隔代教養」的情況也很嚴重，家庭功能不彰，使學校的擔子格外沈重。