Kids : A Single Parent Home

Family structure has been changed and there is about one and a quarter million single parents. A family making up to 19% of all families with children, the number of single parents has almost doubled since the early 1970s. According to census 2001 report and labor force survey, the rate of married couple (marriages) has decreased over the last ten years, (accounting for 71 per cent of families in 2006, compared with 76 per cent in 1996). In the same period, the proportion of cohabiting couple increased to 14 per cent from 9 per cent. The proportion of lone parent families increased by less than one per cent over this period, but the

In an article titled 40 Facts About Two Parent Families it states ¨A solid, intact family structure can have a significantly positive impact on a child’s present and future wellbeing and offers countless benefits for both adults and children.¨ also ¨In two parent families, for example, children typically have access to more of the economic and community resources because parents are able to pool their time, money and energy; children tend to be more of the focus of the home.¨ Children with two parents at home are more likely to feel at peace and are more likely to succeed. Having both parents working together in a home is better, rather than having a single parent because it has an impact on academics, it has an impact on emotions, and last but not least it has a very high impact on social life. The impact that academics has on children with only a single-parent in the home is that the household income is generally lower than it would be with both parent.

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.

All across the globe, there are children growing up in single-parent households, and through some research

Did you know that more than one fourth of all children in the United States live with only one parent? Single parenting has become more common today than in the 1800s, when it was sometimes frowned upon. As the years have gone by, it has become easier and easier for women to become single parents. In the 1800’s if husbands died or abandoned their families, women had no choice but to work for extremely low and unfair wages. Today, most men and women are treated equal and receive equal wages making it easier for women to be single parents. This concept is shown in Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer through Aunt Polly in the 19th century, single parenting is also common today.

In the article on (www.theroot.com) says, “ In the United States, 31 percent of black children have both mother and father in home. 53 percent have only a mother present with 7 percent having a father present and 9 percent having neither parent present.”. Household composition pulls little weight and appears to come as a disadvantage for some service issues, such as a teenage program and incorporated

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

In 2002, number of children living with their single parent was 16.5 million (Davidson). The most important thing is that each single-parent family is different from the other. Children who live with a widowed mother will definitely be living a different home life from children with divorced parents or the one whose parents were never married. Children of the parents who were divorced will always have some kind of relationship with parents and parents’ partners. But it is obvious that children from single-parent families face tougher times economically as well as

Single-Parent homes are defined as “families in which either the father or mother is absent because of divorce, marital separation, out-of-wedlock pregnancy, or death” (Greenberg, 2002: 329).

33). The largest segment of poverty is unemployed single-parent (mother-only) families, which account for 70.8 percent (Census Bureau, 2003). Interestingly, that figure decreases to 21.1% if someone is working in that family type (Census Bureau, 2003). The latent effects of such high poverty rates are the children, with an estimated 16 million American children living in poverty (Frontline, Poor Kids). The single-parent (mother-only) dynamic can be broken-down further… the underlying causes. Divorce has always been seen as the number one cause for formation of mother-only family households. Although divorce rates remain relatively high (40%), another dynamic, out-of-wedlock-births, have supplanted divorce as the number one living arrangement (mother-only) for poor children (51.1 %), compared to 24.2% for divorce (Census Bureau, 2004b). Digging deeper into these numbers uncovers something more troubling. The numbers increase dramatically for out-of-wedlock-births for Black women (71.4% compared to the 51.1% average for all mother-only families). No other race surpasses the 51.1% average, and the next closet is Hispanic mother-only households at 48%. Overall, 33% of black children live in poor families (NAACP,

Relevance: What do we know about single parents? According to Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support: 2009, a report released by the U.S. Census Bureau every two years (and most recently in December 2011), there are approximately 13.7 million single parents in the United States today, and those parents are responsible for raising 22 million children. This number represents approximately 26% of children under 21 in the U.S. today.

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.

My parents divorced when I was five, so I was raised in a single parent home by my mother. My aunt and mother both instilled in me what it means to be a strong, independent, God fearing woman. From the time I was born I attended church regularly, praise dancing and singing in the choir. Being able to touch someone while ministering the word of God is one of the greatest privliges I’ve had.

Throughout history a one-parent household has been deemed as a nontraditional family, but in today’s society it seems more and more common with every day. Although the reason and causes vary, each year the number of children raised by a single parent increases. Most people don’t seem to realize how much this can change a child’s future. The impact of childhood experiences simply set the disposition of adulthood and the rest of their lives. There is not one sole factor that affects child development, but one very important one is the role and relationship created with one’s parents. How a child is parented and raised leaves a lasting impression on them, commonly for a

Single parent households are a sensitive topic that is highly debated today. This topic is one that has repercussions for both the parents and the children involved. However, regardless of the different consequences, these households continue to grow in the coming years. “In 1970, traditional two-parent married households dominated, making up 81 % of all households in the United States (US). By 2012 this number dropped to around 66 % … In 2012, approximately 21 million children, or 28 % of all children in the US, lived with one parent” (Kramer, 2015). It is interesting to look at the way the single parent households continue to grow throughout the years, all while being a hot topic for discussion on its consequences. When thinking about a book to read for this course, there was no real choice. I stumbled upon this book and knew right away that I could benefit from this book, as well as connect to it on a deeper level and relate to it personally.