Single parenting creates many challenges and difficulties that a working adult must endure when attending upper level educational institutions. Everyone is different and adjust to life stressors distinctively. Traditional students are not alone on university and community college campuses anymore. With the increase of non-traditional campuses, an increase of hindrances of receiving college education increases as well. Childcare, transportation, and job stress are all examples of obstructions single parents must face while concentrating on education.…
How do you feel about raising children in a single parent home or in a home where both parents are present? It is very shocking to know that most people do not think about these situations before starting a family. In today’s population there are more single parent families than two parent families. When raising children it takes finances, time and affection, and a good role model to help care for them. Parenting is very difficult whether both parents are present or not, but being a single parent have many obstacles.…
Single parenting and dual parenting has always been a hot discussion on which family a child would benefit more from. These two different households both have challenges and obstacles that each parent or parents deal with on a daily basis. I have to deal with both of these parenting styles. With my daughter, her father is greatly involved in her life. We share custody of her so we both parenting her and we communicate with each other on issues that come up with her. I am also a single parent with my son. His father is not involved in his life at all so I am the sole parent for him. I know first-hand how each of these parents feel.…
For many years, children growing up in a single parent family have been viewed as different. Being raised by only one parent seems impossible to many yet over the decades it has become more prevalent. In today’s society many children have grown up to become emotionally stable and successful whether they had one or two parents to show them the rocky path that life bestows upon all human beings. The problem lies in the difference of children raised by single parents versus children raised by both a mother and a father. Does a child need both parents? Does a young boy need a father figurearound? Does the government provide help for single parents? What role do step-parentsand step-siblings play? With much speculation, this topic has become a very intriguing argument. What people must understand is that properly raising a child does not rely on the structure of a family but should be more focused on the process or values that are taught to these children as they learn to mature. Children of single parents can be just as progressive with emotional, social and behavioral skills as those with two parents.…
Determining if it benefits the child to grow up with a single parent or having both parents. It provides information on how it affects kids who grow with single parents and how some kids becomes emotionally stable and very successful in life. The statistics shown is based on what to expect from a child being raised by single parents compared to a child that has both. Commonly today’s society; single parenting is becoming a dominant figure and the affects that are becoming of it.…
Single parenting is a difficult task for everyone involved and can affect the child in major ways. In most cases, it is extremely important for a child to have both a mother and father figure in their lives. The child’s life will be more structured and studies have shown that children are generally happier in a home where both of their parents play equal roles in their lives. The task of parenting is also easier when there are two people on the same page and working together. In a situation where only one parent is raising a child, everyone suffers. The child may feel like their mother or father doesn’t love them or care enough about them to be involved in their lives. The single parent raising the child may also feel the same way. Single parenting adds stress and emotional damage to the single parent. The child is also emotionally damaged by the absence of their mother or father, which may lead to bigger problems later in life. The absent parent may feel the guilt or embarrassment for leaving the family. Having a spouse or someone there to help with the finances of raising children can help with the stress and also can prevent problems in the future. Having two parents in a home makes a child’s life more stable and more enjoyable. Studies have shown that children raised in homes with two parents live a happier life (Koon). Raising a child with both parents makes the lives of both the parents and the children more enjoyable and eliminates the stress of single parenting.…
Single parents find it hard to support their child/children and still spend time with them. Most samples have children that are juvenile delinquents. These children and their parents should partake in counseling sessions and rehabilitation if needs be. These counseling sessions would be a step towards righting a social problem. Furthermore, they may lessen the financial obligations as these single parents may have been obliged to make compensations because of their child.…
Today in the United States, being raised by a single parent is not uncommon. About three in ten children live in a single parent home. The most common type of single parent home is one with only a mother. However, single father homes are the fastest growing type of family situation. The amount of single fathers has grown by 60% in the…
Although we deeply belief of respecting the individuality and uniqueness of every child, we do have to face the fact that we are all first and foremost human beings. And with that comes certain things we all have in common. And although the commonalities are very general characteristics I believe they are at the core of what is "right" and what is "wrong" when the goal is to successfully guide children to live happy and successful lives. Nowadays, raising children has been the concerns of all mankind because this period can determine the rest of their lives later. In fact, it is very essential for everyone to have both mother and father. Therefore, I support the idea that children should be raised in a home with two parents.…
Although having both parents in the home is a benefit, it does not provide a strong foundation when it comes to raising children. Cohabitation parents lack a strong and stable…
When there is no equal responsibility in raising a child, the child would learn to love one more than the other. If a child is being raised by only one parent because the other is busy at work or etc, the child is spending more quality time with that parent only. Both parents don’t share the same amount of time with the child thus; the child’s love is not equal for both. When the responsibility of a child is dependent upon one parent because the other parent does not have enough time, often the child becomes a misfit. Both parents must take equal part in the responsibility for a healthy child. Statistics show, being raised by two parents equally allow the child to have a higher chance of growing up normal (Rosenburg).…
“No one can be a single parent, and likewise, no one can alone bring a child into this…
1.) Stability. A child raised by the same two parents during their maturing years is more likely to have emotional bonding and relationship stability. Children raised by a single parent will likely have a sense of loss for the missing parent and lack the advantage of duel insights, emotional support and examples that come from having both a mother and a father.…
Growing up in a single parent household can bring certain problems for an adolescent, such as understanding roles in the household. Not having the right gender around to learn from, and the amount of social qualities towards the same or opposite sex. In today’s world, socialization has been the key to networking, self actualization, and career decision making. There are many of stories dealing with adversity, based on the living conditions someone is exposed to when growing up. One of the most important factors is the upbringing a person goes through from childhood to adulthood, with different influences. To influence someone, is to have an impact in someone’s life so much that it will take what has been absorbed, apply it towards life. Parent’s behavior and attitude towards their kids has been a strong influence for a child’s upbringing. Parents set the standards and role that so children may or may not want to portray. The way to a raise a child affects how the child becomes an adult, taking on mature responsibilities. Some of the influences that involve the upbringing process are inside and outside the household; single or both parents being in the household. Outside influences would be the media, social interaction with peers as well as the environment that someone is exposed to. These factors will show that the single/dual parenting upbringing affects someone in decision making such as marriages, careers, and etc. The experiences someone has growing with a single parent may have a diverse effect than someone with both parents. Majority of children have grew up in the household with at least one parent or guardian, are able to socially interact with others based on the interaction they receive at home. With that interaction along with other factors, single parent upbringing can affect the things decisions a child make when matured.…
Children in father-absent homes are almost four times more likely to be poor. In 2011, 12 percent of children in married-couple families were living in poverty, compared to 44 percent of children in mother-only families. But even after controlling for income, there is also the significantly high risk of incarceration in youths in father-absent households than those in mother-father families. Obviously all fatherless children do not have these kind of problems, but the statistics show that the odds are much higher than those that are in a mother-father family.…