Effects Of Single Parent Households

There is a plethora of reasons as to why single-parent households are toxic to a child’s future. Single parenthood has problematic consequences for children’s school performance at all levels in their educational career. Children who grew up with only one biological parent are twice as likely

Regardless of race, single parent families are more likely to be poor than married-couple families as shown in figure 4. The ratio is six times among Whites, four times among Asians and Blacks and more than twice among Hispanics. In fact, a single parent encounters more hardship for finding jobs, so to have financial resources, whereas, she/he needs more means to meet their needs.

I believe that children should be raised in a stable nurturing home by either both parents, mother and father or by a single parent. I feel that if it is a loving home where each parent is taking part in raising the child it is beneficial to the child. On the other hand if both parents argue all the time than it is not beneficial for the child’s upbringing. In having just one custodial parent the child is better off because the one parent will be able to provide a better stable social environment. Few parents decide on becoming single parents other reasons why someone might become a single parent are the death of one partner, abandonment or adoption of a child by a single person out of his or her choice.

In the United States around 82.2% of custodial parents are mothers; 30.4% of them and their children lived in poverty in the year 2009 (Wolf, 2017). The gender gap in the workplace can keep a single mother from being able to fully get out of poverty. A single mother earns less than a single father does. In the year 2015 it was noted that single mothers earned 70.7% of the income single fathers had earned (Industry Week Staff, 2017). It is harder for a single mother, who may have never been married to begin with, to invest in schooling when she is trying to cover the costs of her children and

Growing up in a single parent household can affect your life in many different aspects, for instance how you view relationships, how you support yourself, and your future. I grew up in a single parent household and I understand the struggle of trying to provide for five children on a single income. When you just have one parent that must be the mom and the dad for the family it can get very difficult on some days. For instance, when you and your siblings have different things that you must do the same day. My grandparents had to help most of the time because my mom had to work and she could not be everywhere that she need to be.

Kids from single-parent homes run the risk of growing up as an "at-risk" child. This is due to the fact that the parent must work to provide food and shelter for the child, and the absence of the other parent contributes to lack of leadership, guidance, and establishing proper morals and ethics. Studies show that over 70% of inner city kids come from single parent homes.

“10 Things a Single Parent Wants You to Know” is an article in Reader’s Digest by Jen Babakhan. This begins by saying that just because you have a spouse that works a lot does not mean you are a single parent. One significant difference is that single parents provide all the income and attention in the household. Next the article discusses that while parenting alone has it’s challenges it’s also very rewarding. I relate this article back to the chapter and class discussions on different family structures and socioeconomic factors.

More and more children each year are being raised by single-parents. Majority of people would think single parents would have a tougher time to provide for their family. In most cases this is true, it is a financial struggle to raise children alone. There are exceptions with other single-parenting families that have had enough income to provide for the family. In other cases, the situation is stressful based on income, family support, or lack of either. It is especially more difficult when the mother or father is a teen themselves. In the book it talks about the percentage of children living with one parent is rising to 27.5 percent. Some teenage parents or parent think that by having a child they may provide motivation and purpose for the

Parents are typically busy doing what they need to do to provide and take care of their families, rather they're at their jobs or just not around at the moment, this learning program helps the parents because if they're having such a busy day they can come home and turn the learn channel on and let your kids be taught valuable lessons and that benefit them. “The effects on children of the increase in single parents is no longer much debated. They do less well in school, are less likely to graduate, and are more likely to be involved in crime, teen pregnancy, and other behaviors that make it harder to succeed in life. Not every child raised by a single parent will suffer from the experience, but, on average, a lone parent has fewer resources—both time and money—with which to raise a

Households headed by single mothers are more likely to live in poverty than those headed by two parents. Accounting (U.S. Census Bureau, 2013), the poverty rate for these households was 39.6%, nearly five times more than the 7.6% for married-couple. More than half (51.9%) of these households live in extreme poverty with incomes below the federal poverty level, which is $9,900 for a family of three. This translates to a weekly family budget of about $200. 39. Poverty rates were for Blacks were 46.3%; Hispanics 46.5%; Whites 31.6% and Asians 24.0%. However among all other ethnic groups, Native Americans female-headed families had the highest poverty rate (52.8%)”.

For instance, Polakow (1993) pointed out that “only 51 percent of single mothers were awarded child support payments, and of that group only 26 percent actually received their full award” (p.59). Having insecure income and the absence of child support are known as the factors why single mother live under poverty and stressful lives. “Without financial aid, single mother students — a total of about 2 million — have little or no means to contribute financially to their educational expenses” (D, 2017, n.p). In addition, some of single mother can’t qualify for the assistance programs because their income has a little bit over limit. Therefore, most of solo mother force themselves to stay home or reduce their working hours to meet the requirement for the application of public assistance. To sum up, being single mothers are very stressful and challenges because most of them live under poverty

The Pew Research Center, an association focusing on societal and demographic statistics, reveals that in 2011 family units in America with children under eighteen maintained an average annual income of $57,100 (Kedro). Divorced, separated, or widowed single mothers earned approximately $29,000 annually, and single mothers, never married, live barely above poverty levels, netting only $17,400 annually (Kedro). In addition, the financial stability of two-parent homes equates to better educational benefits. Single parent households usually struggle to maintain basic necessities of life for the families, thereby providing limited or no resources for educational expenses, and relying solely on financial aid or other state and federal programs to educate their

Single motherhood often leads to child poverty. Each year many children struggle to meet their daily needs, living through poverty and face inequality from the time they are born. Growing up in a single household highly increases your chances of living a poor lifestyle. Children will experience higher drop out rates, have difficulty finding employment, engage into teen pregnancy and face various problems as they grow older. Our society projects a negative image by blaming single mothers for their actions ‘‘In Murray's eyes, the mothers are fully responsible for any children they bear in an age when contraceptives and abortion are freely available’’(McLanahan).

For most people, the home life can affect how you act everyday, this is no different for children and school. The stress from home is shown to affect a child's school life. Research has shown that children that live with a single parent score less than children with two parents, on average, with measurements of educational achievements. The reason why children usually do worse than kids with both parents, is because the single parent must work. Therefore is not home to help with homework. Parents also provide the child with emotional support, encouragement and everyday assistance. So, if there is only one parent, then the child is only receiving half of the previously stated things compared to children with two parents. These things can affect a person at any school level. Over 57 percent of children who live with both parents enter college. Compared to the 32.5 percent of children who have single parents that enter college. This is just one way that single parenting can affect a child's life.\

Parenting styles have had many controversial issues over the decades. The way people raised their children back in the 50’s and 60’s are completely different from today society. Back then they believe in the nuclear family, which is a family with a mom, dad, and children. They believe staying together at all cost. If something was breaking or broken you fixed it. At times you wonder if they stayed for love, money, or just for the sake of the children. Now and days it is not the same. Families are broken up for many reasons. Rather it be by death, the other parent wanting out (such as divorce). But in the end there is always a single parent left to take care of the kids in most situations. When something like this happens a negative connotation is brought to the single parent. This paper would show the effects of being raised by a single parent. Just like everything in life there is a good and bad side to everything. So in this paper you should learn the negative and positive effect of being raised by a single parent. The problem of the matter is that society tends to write off the child of single parents. Stating that they are lead down this road of destruction and grouping the entire single parent raised children without seeing the other side. Not saying that being raised by a single parent does not come with it hardships, but the fact is that there is still hope for those children and they can do very well. By always stating the negative it leaves the