Single Mothers Vs Unmarried Mothers

Single parent, Teenaged mothers, Unmarried mothers Shawna Wilson

Psychology 101 Dr. Syed October 24, 2012

While single parenting is not a choice many people would intentionally make, it can have its rewards. Many times single parents discover they are capable of doing more than they ever thought possible and that they have skills they did not know they had. They become more self-reliant and less co-dependent upon others for their existence. And hopefully they learn that true happiness must come from within, not from other people. Single parenting is very challenging,
Also some children who's parent's separate have emotional issues that can be difficult to deal with. The separation loss of a child from either father or mother brings about resentment, when a child reaches the age where he/she starts to understand the situation his/her parents are in and where he/she is in, unpleasant feelings start to arise and the child/children start to withdraw and have emotional setbacks and experience loneliness and anxiety and they have difficulty dealing with the separation or the loss of a parent. A child is also likely to put the blame of separation on himself/herself; this is when the mother/father must learn how to listen to her child and be sensitive towards his/her feelings and help the child recover from the loss and replace the anger with love. The majority of single parents are faced with financial challenges. If you are a single parent due to a divorce, you've experienced how divorce divides the family's resources and splits it into two households. Many single parents have a difficult time collecting financial support for their children. But even with child support, making ends meet can be an ongoing challenge. Add to that, single parents that do not have a strong support system are not able to work overtime, or take on a second source of income due to family responsibilities. This can put many single parent households in a real