Equal Responsibility in parenting

Additionally, a single parent collects a much smaller income which in turn leads to fewer opportunities for vital necessities such as education. Trying to make ends meet takes away time from the most important thing in a parents life, their children. Children as a result have higher chances of drug or alcohol abuse, higher dropout rates as well as an increased risk of early pregnancy (Amato). There are too many children who are growing up in single parent homes in the United States, resulting in these kids not growing up in an optimal way where they could become influential members of society in the future.

While raising a child, the male of the child is needed to act as the father figure to teach his child to survive and be there for it until it is able to survive on its own. The female, mother, is to nurture and show love towards her child in order for it to grow up living a happy childhood. Without the two role models, a child will grow up not knowing how to live a normal and happy

Single parents don’t necessarily raise their children alone; they can have support from family and friends. Single parents also tend to parent better, they are stricter with their decisions and their children respect their choices. When it comes to creating a healthy family, it's not about the number of parents, but the quality of parenting a child receives that is most important. A home is only "broken" when healthy family interactions break down, for example when people stop communicating adequately. In the situation where both parents are raising the child, but the family situation isn’t healthy it can do more harm on the child than good. Certain situations such as a violent household

Being a parent is tough. I know because I've seen how tough it is for my sister, a single mom of two. I also know how much trouble I bring my mom and dad. To be a legal parent is to be able to make decisions about the child's education, well being and health. Parents must be able to support the child financially. It’s not the matter of what sex you are that tells if you are fit to be “parent material.”

In 2017, the roles are much different. Both parents, most of the time, both have jobs. The majority of parents nowadays also share the responsibilities of cooking, cleaning, and taking care of the children. Most children today also split the roles of cleaning, and helping out their parents.

Being a one-person operation means you carry an extra heavy load as a parent, often feeling like you're only capable of getting half the job done. Most especially, though, if the other parent is out of the picture because they have serious problems that could negatively impact your household, you're doing the right thing. It's also very difficult for a single parent to successfully navigate the dating scene, due to lack of time, fear of meeting a psycho or introducing your kids to a new person, then having to say goodby because it didn't work out.

In a structured family each person has their own role in order for the family as a whole to function properly. The wife is often referred to as the “Angel in the house”. Her designated role is to be the nurturer. A good mother is expected to contribute her whole life to her family. Mothers are expected to be the glue that holds a family together. It is their responsibility to provide the loving care and support needed for raising children, making her husband feel loved, and taking care of household chores and preparing daily meals. In the household the father also has a fundamental role. They play “the breadwinner”, their position in the marriage/ family is to care for the needs of their family by providing shelter, food, and safety. Neither the wife nor husband is

As a child of divorced parents growing up the in the nineties in New York City, I was hardly a minority. Approximately half of all kids my age had divorced parents and it generally wasn't considered strange or a big deal. From this pool of "divorced kids" whose parents had divorced for a variety of reasons, there was one thing they all had in common, as far as I knew, the majority of custody had been granted to the mothers in nearly all of the situations. This has generally been the case for a long time: "According to some estimates, only about 10 percent to 15 percent of divorced or single fathers have sole custody of their children. The remaining fathers have either joint custody or no custody of their children" (attorneys.com, 2012). Reasons abound for why women often overwhelmingly win over the majority of custody cases; the pinnacle reason for why this phenomenon has prevailed is because this is how it has always been as a result of traditional gender roles (attorneys.com, 2012). In the past, men worked and women stayed home, looking after the children; there also continues to be a partiality towards women when it comes to raising children: "From a biological perspective, we are more inclined to think of the mother-child relationship than the father-child relationship. Many people make the automatic assumption that women are more nurturing as parents than men" (attorneys.com, 2012). Many people still think that this is the way that things

To the majority of people, joint custody sounds like the best choice for the child but there is a bad side to it. Disagreeing with joint custody does not always mean the child should only be with their mothers; there are many fathers that are loving and wonderful parents. However there are many cases of fathers causing problems and hurting their children by fighting for custody for the wrong reasons. A study has been done that shows the reasons for a group of fathers to get involved in a custody battle. The main reasons were to punish their wives, they economically and psychologically refused to subside their ex-wives, and they had a patriarchal concept of the male as the “Superior” parent (Chesler). Even though fathers fought for custody

In the 1950’s Talcott Parsons, a renowned sociologist described the mothers role as ‘expressive’ and the fathers role as ‘instrumental’. This means that the mother offers emotional security for her children so they can have strong healthy relationships with others . Whereas the father acts as a link in the mind of the child ‘s mother/home life and life after high school.

Your question is complicated to have a solution. That’s why courts’ standards for child custody have change throughout history. I think it’s fundamental for a child to be raised by both parents because each parent is unique and they transmit different qualities to their child. It is possible for a single parent to raise a child but it is going to be more complicated. By having both parents it just makes the process to raise a child easier.

In addition to finances and scheduling, a father can teach a child many valuable lessons on morals and life experiences that child could learn from. The father should be a role model for his children. He should teach integrity, being humble, and how to respect one another. This may not seem important to an adult, but your child is watching you, so they can be like you when they grow up. Many psychologists claim that a child bases their own marriage on how their parents worked together. How is a child suppose to gain that knowledge with no father in their day to day life? Also, a man can help his son during his puberty stages of life. A mother can help and be supportive of her son when he’s going through this natural process, but a father has had it happen to his own body and knows what is going on from experience. Also, a son talking to his father about puberty could be a little less awkward talking to his father than his mother.

The position which is the one that I take - is that both parents should assume equal responsibility in raising a child. The alternate position is that introducing the concept of 'shared parenting' in family law would be problematic since it would be shifting the focus away from the best interests of the child to political and gender-based topics.

Children are the future of the world and need to be nurtured and educated in the best conditions. Thus, parenting is one of the most challenging and admirable responsibilities that people can experience. Parenting plays important roles in the development of children’s characteristics. Some people nurture children depending on their own ways. Others get advice from friends or books. Parenting can be divided into three groups: authoritative, permissive, and democratic parenting.

By having a father in the home it enables the child to see a masculine role inside the home. The father’s role is not to act as an authoritarian for the mother for punishment, but to also give the child love.