Becoming A Single-Parent

One weekend, we had decided to clean out the house to surprise my mother. My father found papers stashed away that revealed theft charges; my mother had stolen medication when she substituted for the nurse in my elementary school. I remember my dad scouring the house for more evidence, even finding a stash of pill bottles under their mattress. She had another court date coming up that he learned about, just a few weeks before a family trip to Disney. Shortly after that hearing, my family took our last vacation as a whole, knowing that a key member would be lost to us the Monday after our return; she was going into work-release for two months. Before the end of those sixty days, my father learned that my mother had been unfaithful. Their marriage ended, and at eleven and nine, my sister and I said what we didn't realize would be goodbye to our mother for a great while. Her drug abuse continued, and months of time would pass between visits. We saw that sweet, ideal mother devolve into an addict. This loss has shaped me greatly, and it has taught me integrity, strength of character, and great love for others; without these things, my mother cost herself her family and

The social deviance that interests me is single parenting, one who chose to have a child out of wed-lock. The stigma attached to being a single parent is rising anew. Many media commentators blame America's uptrend in violence and other social problems on family breakdown - on single parents. This stigma is based on myths and stereotypes that have been promoted by half-truths and, often, by prejudiced viewpoints. Many in our society still regard single parenthood as a unwelcome status. I as a single parent myself, I am often admired, but at the same time looked upon with pity, disgust, sympathy, and perhaps with uneasiness. In defense of single parent families I would argue to

A Journey in Grief: A Mothers Experience Following the Death of her Daughter by Alice W. Terry describes how the loss of someone so dear to you is unimaginable. When I was thirteen I lost my grandmother. She had been sick for a long time; I remember going to visit her in the hospital many times before she passed. The death of my grandmother was my first and only personal experience with the loss of a family member. Although this reality makes it hard for me to relate to this article at a personal level, I am truly grateful for the health and well being of those closest to me. Only being thirteen at this time, I was old enough to comprehend what had happened but I had not been old enough to truly experience the sorrow of losing someone. When I lost my grandmother, all I remember doing is crying. Although I was expressing emotion and grieving her loss, I do not remember having a conversation about what happened. How was I feeling? What is going through my head? Looking back now, it is frustrating to accept the fact that no one truly knew how to comfort me.

On January 5, 2009 my father pasted away. He and I did not have the typical father-son relationship; we did not have a relationship at all. I presumed that it would have a little if any affect on me. However, as the semester continued, it seemed to get worse. Besides my father’s passing, several weeks later my grandmother was diagnosed with dementia. It was difficult for me to deal with, but it was more difficult for my mother to handle.

In October of my sophomore year, my mother sat me down on our couch and told me she had breast cancer. My mother has a habit of spinning terrible news to sound like casual conversation. She said that we would go into this optimistic, hoping for something small or easily handled. Unfortunately, she was diagnosed with stage three malignant phyllodes tumors in her right breast. Hearing this, I was devastated. My mother had recently been recovering from a car accident in which she was a pedestrian hit by a speeding vehicle. We had finally finished the multiple surgeries necessary to fix her lower spine, left shoulder, and pelvis. It felt as though we had just come out of that. It seemed unreal that we would have two physical tragedies so close

Although its not always easy, some days being worse than others, I keep persevering. I’ve developed life skills to help me overcome obstacles and I know I have built up the strength to be able to handle the worst of situations. It’s important to me to live every day to the fullest and never take time for granted. Life can be taken away so quickly, therefore its important to not leave any regrets, do what makes you happy, and always tell the people you love, that you love them. Although I don’t seem much different than my peers in most situations I encounter and most conversations I participate in, I will still always be the girl whose mom passed away. My experience is very meaningful to my life and I feel as if I wouldn’t be complete without sharing. The loss of my mom has impacted me significantly, shaping my personality and all other aspects of who I

An individual whom parent's alone without the other partners support, meaning this particular individual solely raises the child from the birth point to adulthood. The stereotypical perspective of a single parent is that the father had unprotected copulation with the female and abandoned them prior to the birth of the child. However, like most stereotypes, this not always the case, the roles could be vice versa-every individual situation differs. When bringing up a sensitive topic such as this one, the focus goes primarily to the child at hand, nonetheless, but child and parent are affected by solo-parenting circumstances. Single parent homes affect children psychology producing unpredicted effects on the child's esteem, behavior, as well as education as well as mentally taking a toll on the guardian at hand.

The report concludes that while the causes of poverty vary, there is evidence that discrimination and racism continue to play a critical role in contributing to ethnic minority poverty. On the other hand, there are other factors which are related to child poverty in ethnic groups like internal as well as external ones. Ethnic people in Britain have strong younger age profiles. Lone parenthood is very pivotal in black Caribbean families, which is one of the main reasons for child poverty. Other factors such as low level of female activities in financial sectors, concentration in low paid sectors, and the lowest level of qualifications are very crucial problems

Little did I know that on my first day of a new middle school my mom would have a heart attack and pass away five days later. The shock of losing my mom was compounded by being thrown into adulthood at twelve. Since my dad worked late, I was transformed from the blissful child who couldn’t bake sugar cookies to being obligated to cook dinner every night. I had never touched the washing machine, toilet plunger, or lawn mower, but that changed quickly. In many ways had to replace my childhood with being a parent to myself. By struggling these past five years, I’ve realized that life hasn’t been easy, but it’s allowed me to be ready for the future.

I grew up in a household with a single mother until my stepfather came into my life. From the beginning, he was caring and attentive to my small family. I admire and was thankful for this man who came into our lives and became my father. He taught me what it means to be a mature and respectful man. He was all you could wish for in a dad and so much more. That is why the news hit us so hard, he had been diagnosed with Pre B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. From that day on it was an uphill battle for us all, both physically and mentally. I spent every free moment going with him to his check-ups, to his therapies and when he had been hospitalized. After two relapses and a little over a year of battling cancer, my father was left extremely weak

During the years, single parent families have become a more common thing. This is starting to become a problem, because family dynamics can really influence a child’s life. According to studies it affects not only the child but the parents too.

Self defense in law revolves around the idea that, if necessary, an individual should be given the right to inflict damage upon another person to protect himself from bodily harm, and in some cases, to protect his property as well. In most countries today, the principle itself is not controversial at all – it is only logical that legal systems provide some sort of self defense protection for its citizens under certain situations. The true controversy stems from the amount of power that a victim should hold given a particular set of circumstances. Canada’s self defense laws prior to 2009 gave a minimal amount of power to victims. As a result, a large number of victims were charged for assault or other allegations because they had violated

As LeBron James said, “For me, already being part of a single parent household and knowing it was just me and my mom, you'd would wake up times and hope that the next day you'd be able to be alongside your mother because she was out trying to make sure that I was taken care of. But all I cared about was her being home” (http://quotes.lifehack.org/quote/lebron-james/for-me-already-being-part-of-a/). This is a proof of how single parenting takes a lot of family time from the parent and their children. This is issue is shown in The Color of Water by James McBride, as James and his siblings had to go through the tough times of being raised by a single parent. Most children’s lives are brutally compromised in single parent homes due to the

For a long time, kids in a solitary parent household have seen to have issues. Being raised by just a single parent appears to be difficult to numerous. In the present society numerous kids have grown up to wind up noticeably sincerely steady and effective whether they had maybe a couple guardians to demonstrate to them the rough way that life gives to every single person. The issue lies in the distinction of youngsters raised by single guardians versus kids raised by both a mother and a father. With much theory, this point has turned into an extremely fascinating contention. Kids of single guardians can be similarly as dynamic with enthusiastic, social and behavioral abilities as those with two guardians.

Being a single parent is an overwhelming task, nevertheless it yields greater benefits; with persistence and dedication. A strong bond is developed between the parent and the child/ children. It is a desire and heartbeat of everyone I to have a traditional family; wherein both the mother and father are fully involved in the lives of their children. In this all different roles and various levels of responsibilities are equally proportioned. There are times when as a single parent you encounter difficult moments; when performing tasks which should be handled by both parents especially those pertaining to gender.  This research