Argumentative Essay On Single Parents

However, by rising to these challenges, custodial single parents develop significant strengths. The positive benefits of being a single parent are that the child receives a lesson in independence. The child sees how strong the one parent is at providing them with everything they need without having to depend on someone else. The parents are showing their children that it is possible to live on their own, have an enjoyable life and take care of others while doing so. The children will know that they are a priority to the parent. When there is a second parent around the house, it can be easy to put responsibility off on them, but when the children see how hard the parent is working for them, they will understand how important they are to their parent. (Dowd, 1997)

It will be beneficial to criminal justice to see how children behave once their parent or parents are no longer in the picture. It could also lead to ways in how to prevent criminal behavior from these offenders if it is found they are more likely to commit crime. It can helpful to the field of criminology in how the theory of social control affects children with absentee parents. It could possibly explain why children commit crime once their parent or parents are absent, and then find a possible solution to provide help for these children in the future. When dealing with sociology, we can look at how these children behave without their parents, how these children interact within society. It will be beneficial to sociology by helping these experts in this field having a better understanding of how an absentee parents affects children and their behaviors. Problems at home can include absent parents and if there is more than one absent parent, more than likely social workers will get involved. This study can help the field of social work at how to get the proper help and resources for these children who may be at risk in becoming a criminal. Psychologists will benefit a great amount from this study if the hypothesis is confirmed. It will give them insight on how to help and give proper counseling and/or other resources in order to

In the article, “It’s Better To Be Raised by a Single Mom”, author Pamela Gwyn Kripke states that, “Kids of unmarried parents, according to all of those studies (of rich moms and poor, educated moms and not-so), are supposed to be failures.” If you really take a look at the situation of single parenting, it should be seen that it is not primarily who or how many people are raising the child, but rather how the child is being raised or brought up. If you really think about it, children with two parents in their household can take on the same emotional, social, and behavioral skills just as kids with one parent. Many say that for a child to be fully developed socially and emotionally, that they must be raised by two parents rather than one. In the article, “5 Things To Know About Kids Who Grew Up With Single Parents”, author Bob Alaburda states, “Growing up with loving parents can fill you with positive examples of how to handle relationships when you're older. Even having two parents who hate each others' guts can demonstrate what NOT to do. Either way, it's a learning experience. But children of a single parent are left to gain that experience on their

Through many years, children growing up in single family homes has been discovered as problems. “At first glance, defending single mothers and their children. Raised by a strong and resourceful single mother, I turned out OK” (Wilcox). Being raised up with one parent seems to be stressful and impossible, but for decades its become possible to happen. In the society today, there are children growing up overcoming emotional stages and achieving their goals whether if they have both parents to show them difficult paths in their life that they will overcome as a growing human being. The problems that occurs within raising a child in a single family home compared to a married home can be different or the same depending on the disciplinary actions. There are many questions asked, does a child need both parent figures to be raised? Does a son need a father figure, does a daughter need a mother figure? Among all the questions asked, is there a person taking care the main responsible with much undertaking, on the single parenting topic it has become an interesting argument. People need to be more informed with raising a child. Raising a child does not rely on the structure of a family, it is more to how a parent is discipline and having a proper process of teaching their child with learning how to be mature and respectful. Children of a single home can be progressive with the same emotional, social able, and interactive behavioral skills that is raised with both parents.

“Single-parent families now constitute 30 percent of all families with minor children and are the most rapidly growing families in America” (as cited in Dowd, 1997). When people hear the term ‘single-parent’ they automatically think it means a person who is the legal guardian of a child or children. It is typical for a single-parent to be a woman, because the statistics on the proportion of the children who live with their mother is at 87 percent, while a small 13 percent live with their father (as cited in Dowd, 1997). Because of the diversity in household types, a common question has been asked several times. Which type is better? Raising a child in a single-parent household or a two-parent household?

Much of Bowlby (1969,1973) theory focused on broken attachments such as the maternal deprivation hypothesis-this study looked at the background of 44 Adolescents who had been referred to a clinic to see what emotional effect stealing had on them. Bowlby found that that the thieves had experienced frequent separations from their mothers before the age of two compared to those who didn’t steal.32% of the thieves were diagnosed as ‘affectionless psychopaths’(they didn’t care about how their actions affected others)This may be due to a result of their long-term separation away from their mothers over a significant period of time.This demonstrates that;deprivation of a child from its main carer early on in life can have harmful-long term consequences such as;separation anxiety,isolation,emotional insecurity and fear.Furthermore, the result indicated that there is a link between deprivation and criminal behaviour.Untimatley,there may be other factors such as;trauma,flaws in individual makeup and brain abnormalities that may influence criminal behaviour.This study is ecologically valid as it took place in hospital clinic.Notwithstanding,there are

For as long as human families have existed, the core family group of a father, mother, and the children has been the ideal composition in what could be considered a balanced and fulfilling functional family. There had been many studies of the effects of having certain members of these groups on the family household present and absent. While there are many hypothesis of the effects of the children in the family in household with a missing parent, most of them are indeed negative and there had been studies that these can vary in many different aspects of a child’s upbringing. These effects will be discussed and functionality of the household family itself will be discussed to look at the issues

Children growing up in the United States come from different homes yet, all experience and understand the meaning of family. Some children grow up with in single parent family, or with a mother and father. Family is a big part of their lives and beliefs. Researchers bring forth evidences, that being brought up by one parent can physically and mentally destroy a child’s future. Growing up in any type of family can affect a child’s life emotionally, physically, and socially. Children can still be successful in life regardless of being raise by either a single or joint family. Success is not determine by who raise a child, but determine by what the child wants to become in life. Do researchers have a valid point with who raises a child can

The debate on the type of family structure that has a positive influence on children has been widely contentious. In the recent years, the family structure has continued to change. Many people in the modern society have continued to change their attitudes when it comes to matters of marriage and raising children. There are more single parents in the society today as a result of divorce and separations. Consequently, this has contributed to an increase in the number of children brought up by single parents. The current changes in family structure have become an issue of public concern because of the effect it has on both the parents and children. It is evident that children who are brought up by two biological parents do well as compared to children raised by single parents. Biological parents in this case refer to married couples who relate to their children through blood (Bachman et al., 2012). The single parent can be a biological father or mother who takes care of the needs of his or her children. Two biological parents play an important role in providing the children with necessary support during younger age by employing various parenting styles and practices. Marriage is a social norm and the idea of raising children should be a combined effort of both parents. Children raised by single parents lack good parental care and support which impact on their lives years later. This paper discusses why two biological

Being a single parent is an issue that has greatly increased throughout the years. Although being a single parent used to be looked at as unusual, it has become a common situation for some kids. Financial instability and emotional strain are a few of the things that children with one parent live through every day. Do children need both parents? Does only having one parent cause behavioral issues? How important is a father’s role in the development of a young boy? Many people wonder if a child with both parents and one with only one parent have the same emotional skills as each other. A child’s behavior is determined by what they are taught and the morals they have learned, not by the number of parents they have in their life.

Many children in today’s society have grown to become successful and mentally stable whether they had two parents, or one parent raise them. With everything in life it is never about quantity, but quality. This could apply to single parenting as well. As long as a parent create a stable and nurturing home their child will grow up to be a mature, hard working, independent, and loving adult. Family structure should not be the main focus when it comes to raising children, the focus should be on the values and life lessons that are taught to the child as they mature in life. Family structure in the last decade have change drastically. Children are being raised by same sex parents, grandparents, extended family, a single father, or a single

Throughout this course of School-Age and Adolescents in a Multicultural Society, we have touched on all the topics that affect their development. It is not secret that children and Adolescents are faced with such as race, diversity, gender identity, religion most of all diverse family structures. In our ever evolving world we now have more than one traditional family structure, we now see many people raising children such as: grandparents, aunts, uncles, adoptive parents, IVF, single parents, and same sex parents. As a part of our Week 6 application research paper, I decided to research the disadvantages and advantages of children and adolescents from single parent families. “In the United States, almost half of all children by age 15 will have lived in a singleparent family (Andersson, 2002) (Barjas 2011)”. With single parenting children and adolescents there can be negative disadvantages such as struggling financially, less quality time spent and discipline. On the other hand, there can also be positive advantages from being raised in a single parent such as, responsibility, independence and a strong role model.

The thought of being raised by only one parent seems impossible to many, yet over the last decade it has become more prevalent. Today, many children have grown to become emotionally mature and even victorious, whether they were guided through the mysteries of life with one parent or two. The dilemma is bestowed in between comprising one parent versus both as a single-family unit. Thoughts very from different specs, as one might argue a child needs a male role model while the other debates the governmental advantages of being a single parent. With much thought, this issue has developed into a very fascinating topic of discussion, from points of agreement and thorough disagreements. In my opinion, the community is unaware of valuable

Generally, single parents have to manage far more tasks than either parent in a binary household. Such a parent must make a greater financial contribution, which often involves working very long hours (possibly at multiple jobs). They also are solely responsible for household upkeep, management of the household, and general upkeep towards which the child is unable to contribute. As a result, it is likely for single parents to have less time or energy to be involved in their children's learning by reading together, overseeing homework, or conducting educational planning with the child or their teacher (Fagin & Churchill, 2012). Besides the lack of influence on academic achievement and learning, a single-parent home environment may impact a child's behavior in school, which can directly affect both the child’s interest in the classroom environment and in school generally. In many cases, not having two parents in the home puts more responsibilities on the child, generating stress and an improper balance between academic and household responsibility. This lack of parental involvement can lead to the child feeling neglected, sometimes generating behavioral issues and fostering an environment where learning does not thrive; this attitude may propagate in a home with little parental

It is commonly believed that for normal development a child needs two opposite sex parents. Mother provides nurturance and caretaking and father ‘‘is the grinding stone on which his son sharpens his emerging masculinity and the appreciative audience to which his daughter plays out her femininity (Pruett, 2000, p. 87).” Not all the children are raised in two parent family, single parent is a common part of our society. Single mothers and less common single farthers raise their children and nobody doubts there parenting skills, because not only their parent but also other relatives and media influence on children.