The Problem Of A Single Parent Families Of The White Bone By Barbara Gowdy, Mud

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.

I believe that it’s not fair for single mothers to get paid less, when some of them are the back bones of this country. Currently the minimum wage, in the United States, is set to 8$ per hour. Women in general are only paid 77%, so it is appropriate to assume that through mathematics, women get a wage as high as $6.16. African-American women only get paid 64% of every dollar a man makes. If the minimum wage is only $8 an hour, we find out that African-American women only get a maximum wage of $5.12 an hour. Income inequality is not fair to the mothers who have kids to raise by themselves. Single mothers have no spouse or any other fixed income to help.

The United States has one of the highest rates of single parents in the world (word press). A single parent has a very hard time raising their children alone. Welfare agencies have recognized this as a problem, but there is a catch. A single mother with two children can receive up to sixty

Children born to single or unwed parents causes serious problems and discussions not only within society, but also the welfare system. Becoming a parent seems to be one of the most beautiful things life has to offer to people. The laughter of children warms the heart like nothing else can, and the way their eyes light up when they receive something as small as a piece of candy reminds us all that the little things in life are the most important. However, children require time and money which often gets overlooked by many people. Raising a child with two married parents seems difficult enough, but today many people are having children out-of -wedlock which also seems to create more single parent homes and puts more pressure on that one parent who struggles to support the child. From 1960 to 2000, out-of-wedlock births grew by 600%

The typical black family has only six percent of the typical white household, and Latinos has eight percent of the typical white household. The median white household had $111,146 in wealth in 2011, $7,113 for the median black household and $8,348 for the median Latino household. This is a huge gap because of the economic disadvantages for people of color. The economic gap means that families of color cannot have the same benefits as white families. With homeownership, about 73% of white peoples own homes, while only 45% of black families and 47% of Latino families own homes. Also white family’s homes are worth more than other families of color. That inequality comes from the 1934 National Housing Act that redlined black neighborhoods, which

Deborah Gray White’s book, Ar’n’t I a Woman? Female Slaves in the Plantation South, emphasizes the importance of the need for writing about the history of slave women. White lists many examples of theories of slavery that do not include women specifically or generalizes both genders. Due to the lack of source material on slave women in particular, historians “do black women a disservice when we rob them of a history that placed them at the side of their men in their race’s struggle for freedom” (White, 22). To right this mistake, White uses slave narrative, memoirs written after the civil war, the Works Projects Administration’s interviews with female ex-slaves, and historical/anthropological research to depict the social history of slave women in the antebellum South (White 24). The purpose of White’s book is to solely “enrich our knowledge of antebellum black culture and to serve as a chapter in the yet unwritten history of the American black woman” (White, 25).

Credibility: I am a single parent of two daughter and I must say that I can relate to a lot of single parents. It is hard. I can say that there are good days and bad days. Every day will not be perfect. At the age of 20, I became a single parent and caring for my daughter alone was the most difficult experience ever for me. Single parenting to me is work on top of work and it is never ending.

There are more single mothers than single fathers in the United States. Single mothers are spoken in high regard within our society, but hold some of the lowest wages. How are mothers expected to raise children while working two jobs to pay rent?

“In a national population of 1.5 million, there are probably 200,000 women of childbearing age. Out of these, 30,000 might be supposed to be financially able to maintain their own children. That leaves 170,000 "breeders." Of these, perhaps 50,000 will miscarry or lose their children in the first year, leaving 120,000 children born of poor parents each year”

One reason that women need to be paid more is because, according to a study conducted by The Ohio State University; families with single mothers are more likely to end up in poverty because of the low earning capacity of women. In 2014 there were 9.9million single mothers raising children under the age of eighteen. According to the U.S Census, in 2013 there were 4.1million single mothers living in poverty. The median income of a household with a single mother who is raising a child under the age of six years old, is a quarter of what households with two parents is.

As a young, sole parent Mia is faced with many challenges when caring for Hudson. However social and legal changes and changes in technology would have a positive impact one Mia as she cares for Hudson. Socially, sole parenting has become more widely accepted. An example of this is the government's Sole Parent payment that is available to Mia for financial contribution to raising Hudson. This government support is a financial recognition of the needs of sole parents. The impact this would have one Mia is that she would feel supported in her effort to care for Hudson. Teen pregnancy is also becoming more socially acceptable which would impact Mia positively as she interacts with the community. The recent trend in media is documenting the lives

Men make 18-28% more money than women even if they are doing the exact same job, so it is harder for families with only mothers to support

It’s more difficult for a single mother to give financially for children as she will make less income than the male counterpart. It’s important for single parent woman to get all the education she can to improve her career, and be able to give a better life for the child. It will set an example to the child that they are willing to work hard for a better life. Education is the single most important element for the child to work hard in school to acquire a life style they deserve. As a single parent this person continually sacrifices their own needs to meet the needs of the child. In most cases the child will not see the big picture, and this is not their job to worry about their next meal or where they will live.

They must also be able to still have time to offer an exceptional amount of emotional time for the wellbeing of their child. However, even though this may seem impossible, it can be done. As this subject continues to be looked down on people must realize that single parents are becoming more common in today’s world. Accidents may happen frequently, but in most cases adults know what is at stake when planning to have a child. If you’re not ready, then don’t do it. There are many ways to enhance the well-being of your child if you simply apply yourselves as parents.

The single parent also showed lower ego functioning and in turn were less playful with the children, less empathetic, less tolerant of negative behavior from the children, and more likely to display non-age appropriate behavior (Walker & Hennig, 1997). Single mothers are more likely to make negative statements about and to their children, therefore resulting in a low self esteem in the child. Walker and Hennig (1997) also discovered an up side to single parenting, the relationship between parent and child was more nurturing. This could come from the loss of intimacy in the single parent's life.