Imagine Being Raid In A Single Parent Family Home

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

(Mireault 290) It could affect a child’s relationship with their own daughter or son when they get older and decide to have their own children. In this article, research was conducted on thirty motherless mothers. In order to participate the women had to have lost their mothers prior to the age of eighteen. The results proved that the firstborn children of the thirty motherless mothers did not exhibit any psychological issues. (Mireault 294). Some of the mothers acted as single informants which was a problem in some sorts (Mireault 294). The firstborn children of the motherless mothers showed no signs of internalizing behaviors, externalizing behaviors, or total behavior problems. (Mireault). With this information it may seem that not having a father impacts a child more than not having a mother. Not having a mother or father to talk to but you know there out in the world is harsh. Even having the parent there but they are not involved in the child’s everyday life can be just as bad as not being there at all. It may be different for those whose parent/parents have

63 percent of households with an income of $25,000 or less are fatherless, and only 18 percent of households with an income of $75,000 or higher. Almost identical statistics apply to less than high school credentials versus a bachelor’s or graduate education. 62% of parents that have less than a high school education are raising children without their father, and only 22% of parents with a bachelor’s degree and 18% of parents with a graduate degree are living in the same situation (DeBell 2008.) A correlation can be drawn here between education/income and percentage of fatherless households. Generally speaking, as education increases, so will income. As income increases, the percentage of fatherless children and households decreases. However, it could be argued that the income of the household will decrease when the father is gone and not contributing to the finances.

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

According to the U.S. Census' most recent information, there are approximately 13 million children living in single-parent households. That in itself isn't all that surprising, but here's something that is: 2.5 million of those children are being raised by single fathers. That's nearly 1 in every 40 households –over half as many as ten years ago –in which custodial fathers are raising children, many of whom are girls.

The mother, who often gets custody, will have to seek a job out side of the home. This is because child support is inadequate. The children make more demands on her because their father is absent. She has little time for a social life. Finances are strained. Fathers also have a large burden to bear. He may be seeing his children, but in all probability, they will not seek him out for advice, help, or support. Recently there has been an increase in the number of fathers who are awarded custody of their children, 25 percent in the last three years and 75 percent in the last ten years, and is continuing to rise. In fact, families headed by a single father are growing faster than any other family group in the nation. (“manslife”)

In an article updated by Wayne Parker (10/28/16), he quoted "Young men who grow up in homes without fathers are twice as likely to end up in jail as those who come from traditional two-parent families...those boys whose fathers were absent from the household had double the odds of being incarcerated -- even when other factors such as race, income, parent education and urban residence were held constant."11

Children who live without their fathers are, on average, more likely to choose deviant peers, have trouble getting along with other children, be at higher risk for peer problems and more aggressive.

Did you know 30% of children in the United States live in a single-parent household as of 2012? ( )Every year this number is on the rise and it is causing children everywhere to suffer. When children are raised in an environment with only one parent they can have less opportunities and less supervision than a child with two parents. Children should not be raised in single-parent households because it can lead to abuse from parents, violence in children and poverty.

Exceptional hardships, challenges, or opportunities make me think of about a million things that have happened throughout my short twenty-one years of life. In today’s society, it is very common for a child to grow up in a home where one of the parents is absent. In most cases, it is usually the father that is not present, particularly in African American homes. “In the United States today, 16,334,000 children under age 18 live in single mother homes,” (Fluty 4). Single parent homes affect children psychology producing negative effects on the child’s esteem, behavior, as well as education. Fatherless homes also take a greater toile particularly on boys, rather than girls.

The most abused social problem is absent fathers. When a child’s father dies, there is no quick fix unless the mother gets remarried. Whereas if the father is alive and knows about the child, but disregards to care for or recognize his kid, is what is being abused. A life without a father is barren. Two parents are better than one without a doubt. If someone were to believe that anything positive arrives from fatherless raised children, my thought is, why? How do you? How do you suppose a kid enter the world from an absent fathered family, and conform in a relatively masculine world? How do you come to believe that being raised without a father doesn’t harm a kid’s objective on life? Do you think that kid will acquire an equal amount of love,

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 figure around? Does the government provide help for single parents? What role do step-parents and 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.

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

Our generation is accustomed to being raised in a household where our mother is head of household, not at the fault of our mothers in a lot of cases. In the older days it was assumed that if a man impregnates a female they become a family and he raises the child with the mother. In just three decades, between 1960 and 1990, the percentage of children living apart from their natural fathers more than doubled, from 17 percent to 36 percent (Popenoe, David. Life Without Father. 1997,

Fathers are still needed in a traditional household because the mother cannot play the role of a male. To be a father is more than just the title and gender. Anyone can be a biological donor from the male side, but it takes more to be a father. A father can teach a child to be respectful, yes a mother can do the same, but there always has to be a good cop, bad cop scenario. Especially if the child is a male, the mother can be a stern as she wants, but as the child gets older, he will realize that he is not afraid of her. This is where the father steps in and plays the role of the authority figure. Mothers that say they can do it without the help of a father affect their children more than they think. “Children who live in this environment are more likely to be involved in criminal activity, premarital sexual