The Impact Of Single Parenting On Children

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 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

Today in America, 34% of children are living with an unmarried parent. In 1960, only 9% were living in a single family household, and the number increased to 19% in the 1980s. Fewer than one-in-three children are living

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.

Today, many households are headed by single women raising children, some with the presence or involvement of the father and others without. According to Vargas et al. (2016), parenting by a single mother is defined as a home sustained by a maternal caregiver for many reasons to include absence, neglect, divorce, or death of the other parent. According to Anderson (2002), half of American children at some point in their childhood will live in a household that’s being reared by a single parent, who is primarily the mother. Lowry (2005) uses the term “social disaster” when describing the epidemic of absenteeism of father from the household.

“Single-parent families now constitute 30 percent of all families with minor children and are the most rapidly growing families in America” (as cited in Dowd, 1997). When people hear the term ‘single-parent’ they automatically think it means a person who is the legal guardian of a child or children. It is typical for a single-parent to be a woman, because the statistics on the proportion of the children who live with their mother is at 87 percent, while a small 13 percent live with their father (as cited in Dowd, 1997). Because of the diversity in household types, a common question has been asked several times. Which type is better? Raising a child in a single-parent household or a two-parent household?

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

Not only is family structure changing across the United States, but in certain states it is much higher. Louisiana has the highest percentage of single-mother led families followed by Mississippi, South Carolina, and Georgia leaving Ohio at eleventh with the most single-mother families (.....). Single-parent families are increasingly common in today’s society. Since more than a decade ago, children are living with a single parent as well as the increase in kids living with a single father. The number of single father families has increased twenty-two percent in just ten years, while the number of married couples raising children has steadily declined through the years. "The American family has been changing for a long time," said Anastasia Snyder, an Ohio State University professor who studies family structure. "This is a trend, and I just don't see it turning around" (.....). As of 2000, the number of married couples with children led the statistics in Ohio with a whopping seventy-one percent but by 2010, the number had a dramatic decrease to just sixty-five percent. Because of the increase in single-parent families, the number of households in Ohio has increased by 3 percent to 4.6 million while the overall population only grew 1.6 percent to 11.5 million residents (.....). Divorce most likely plays a role on these numbers as well but is mostly because of single-parent

According to research conducted by Gunnar Anderson, nearly half of the children in America were living in single parent homes by the time they were fifteen years of age, in 2013. In 2010, the United States

Divorce and out-of-wedlock childbearing are now epidemic in American society. Both forms of disrupted families are harmful to children and to society. The children of single parents are more likely to do poorly in school, commit crimes, and become single parents themselves. In addition, the increase in single-parent families contributes to such social problems as poverty, crime, and a decline in the quality of public education.

The trend of single-parent households are drastically increasing every year. One out of every two children will live with a single-parent at some time before they reach the age of 18 years old. The United States Census Bureau reported in 2002 that about 20 million children (more than one-fourth of all the

In today’s world, single-parent families become the opposite of the so-called “nuclear family”, which consists of a mom, a dad, and children. Single-parent households increased in the last 20 years and today, finding a family headed by: mothers, fathers, and grandparents only appears normal. This new pattern creates difficulties on children because single-parents tend to devote more time to work in order to achieve financial stability, which decreases the time he/she dedicates to his/her children. Although, these parents try hard to make the best of their time and relationship with their kids, it seems not sufficient and in the long run, these children as teenagers and young adults demonstrate poor judgement.

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.