Single Parent Family And Its Effects Of Single Parents On Children

Stephanie Gonzalez is a 16 year old teenager who grew up and was raised in Chicago by only her mother and older brother. Stephanie has had to persevere through several challenges and obstacles in her life due to the fact that her father left her when she was only an infant. Stephanie was willing to speak out about how her culture needs to relook at the way they view single-parent households in society and how she was deeply affected by the way she grew up (Gonzalez). The percentage of children living with single parents increased substantially in the United States during the second half of the 20th century. Only nine percent of children lived with single parents in the 1960s, while this statistic increased dramatically to 28 percent in 2012. Growing

There are different ways that having one or more LGBTQ parent affects a person. It manifests through the type of home they have, their class, their gender, their sexual orientation and their physical body. Often times it manifests itself through exclusion from different communities, whether they are queer communities or communities for specific races, existing in between the lines is just the normal way of life.

Irrational to see the children who are being raised with only one parent since it has become more frequent. On this day, whether the children had one or two parents to show them the obstacle in their life but they can grown up with emotionally stable and successful. The main problem comes when there is an issue between children raised by single parents and both a mother and a

Lone-parent families struggle to get social assistance from the government because of the welfare policies. Single parents lack affordable childcare with long waiting list, no available space, but if available, it is likely to be costly for single parents to afford. High quality regulated child care is inaccessible to single parent families, and it is not contested; in addition, Canada’s public funding for childcare is very low, consequently, the quality is not as high as it should be. Furthermore, they lack drug and dental benefits and of full time well paid employment, have made it difficult if not impossible for many single parents, as they struggle to balance the competing demands of caring for and providing support for their children.

The LGBT community has taken huge steps in recent years, with gay marriage being legalized in 2015, and in 2016 gay adoption is legal in all 50 states. There was even a poll done that showed from 1999 to 2006 the favor for gay adoption raised by 8 percent (Gilfoyle). Many still make the assumption that an LGBT parent is a bad or unfit parent; a good example being in when Sharon Bottoms had her son taken away in 1993 because of her sexuality (Ayres Jr). Being a part of the LGBT community does not make someone an ill-equipped parent because children with LGBT parents are just as intelligent and have as good an academic record as children of heterosexual parents, they are just as psychologically stable and well balanced with the same emotional problems as children with heterosexual parents with no studies having been able to prove that one type of family is better than the other.

Children raised in single mother families may be at increased risk for depression and anxiety. Single parenting has lost much of its stigma because it has become commonplace; however, there are still concerns about its impact on children. “Approximately one in three children live in a single-parent family in the United States, with the majority of families (83%) headed by a mother” (Daryanani et al. 2016, p. 1411). This is an important topic in today’s society because some single mothers may feel isolated, emotionally overwhelmed, and struggling financially. When an adult is constantly stressed, the child absorbs and mirrors these feeling as well. The researcher will specifically compare depression and anxiety of adolescents raised in single

In the last decade there has been a rise in the number of lesbians and gay men forming their own families. Many do this through adoption, foster care, artificial insemination, and other means. Today, researchers have estimated that the number of children living with one gay or lesbian parent is six to fourteen million. Some have described this current period as a lesbian and gay “baby boom”. However, lesbian and gay parents face many social and legal obstacles (Lambda Legal Defense and Educational Fund, 1997).

In the United Kingdom, family structures and sizes are changing gradually. There are different types of family like nuclear families, lone parent families, cohabiting families, foster families and so on. Family changes have caused a dramatic effect on British society. In recent years the marriage rate has decreased. Moreover, divorce rate is high in this country. Teenage pregnancy is also a frequent occurrence. These changes have a significant effect on child poverty. The recent review of the literature, on children of divorced parents, done by Rodgers and Pryor in 1998, has argued that they are more likely to be in poverty and to be poorer when they are adults. (May, Page & Brunsdon, 2000, 38) Furthermore, research done by Adelman and Bradshaw

Children are much more affected by the relationship they have with their parents than by the parent’s sexual orientation. Gay and lesbian parents are just as likely to provide a supportive and healthy environment in order for their children to flourish as heterosexual parents. In fact, same sex parents offer many benefits to their children that the traditional parents do not. Families come in many forms, gay parents only want what is best for their child, just as any family would. It is important to look over the sexual orientation of the individuals raising a child and look at the family as a fundamental

When a child is brought into the world, their immediate family and the environment they live in is the most important thing. There are many key factors that help build a child and effect the way that child acts, their temperament, and their likes and dislikes. A child develops based on their surroundings. If there are negative influences and negative people, the child is more likely to grow up and be a negative person. This also is the same with a positive influences and positive people. The child is more likely to be positive person. The environment that children grow up in will always affect them, especially in adulthood.

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.

Homosexual rights have progressed throughout history; although the discrimination has lessened there is still a large amount in todays society. Parenting in the LGBTQ community has been a very controversial topic because some families feel that, a relational environment that is presented by the homosexual community is not safe for the development of a child. With newly found opportunities, such as, adoption, fostering, artificial insemination, surrogacy and many other things allow families with same sex parents to spring up across the nation. In most cases children can be well raised to function properly with same-sex parents.

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

A tradition family consists of a mom, a dad and a few kids. This is societies version of a “normal family”, which is accepted by all states in the US, legally and socially. However, people who identify themselves in the Lesbian, Gay Bisexual, and Trans-gender community want to be parents as well. This is not what the majority of Americans see as normal, and there are stigmas and myths that take a hold of these parents and they are discriminated against because of the stigmas and the stereotypes that people can hold against them. In research, LGBT parents are more than capable of parenting, and they do just as well as heterosexual parents. More specifically, looking at studies with adolescents show that the more open the parent(s) is with them, the tighter a relationship, as with any other heterosexual parenting style. There are also legal aspects of child custody and how sexual and familial identities are played in a court of law.

Especially in today’s society, it’s disturbingly common for a child to have to grow up in a single parent household, letting the consequences of this scenario internally destroy the child like a virus. The effects are usually the same, but the frequency of the effects shouldn’t deter the severity. Another misconstrued ideal about single parent households, is whether or not the “statistics” and the “studies” taken on these families is enough to summarize the general population. They aren’t. The same goes for the causes, but on a much more significant scale. The causes and effects of single parent households implied by the studies and statistics are all true, but there’s a much bigger story that can’t be accurately measured or recorded. What the numbers show, are what represent the average. The non-hispanic White race represents the average race, low class to poverty level, and women to gender. But, as can be seconded by most struggling families in this situation, “average” doesn’t describe “real.” There are some things that can’t be taken into account, and those are the things that affect the child the most.