Transitioning The Single Parent Families

As a single parent, they constantly juggling feel concerns with lot of requirement and commitments like financial obligations. Due to fulltime sole parent emotionally they have intense sorrow and guilt to supporting they children. Also they blaming themselves for low income because inability to pay other class such as sport, music and etc. especially when the child interest for specific activity. However, it is not easy to solo parent to making new relationship with all this responsibility especially when they suffer in the previous relationship such as infidelity.

Failure in relationships compels some parents to leave a two-parent household and settle on becoming a sole parent (De Vaus & Qu, 2011). There are those who were simply left behind by their partners, while some become single parents by choice or due to the death of a partner. Parenting issues on limited resources, child care, unemployment, lack of support system, psychological trauma, stress and child rearing difficulties interplay with the well being of the parent and the children (AIHW, 2015). Single mothers are often marginalized leading to relatively lower control over their lives, access to resources and at times even stigmatized. Dependency, poverty, vulnerability and feelings of social exclusion are typical experiences of single parents in social marginalization and economic dislocation (Qu & Weston, 2010). The scarcity of resources and negative impact of the burdens in single parenthood on health can inadvertently result to higher health risks and shorter life span (Talbot & Verrinder,

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

Thesis: To understand that there are many parents raising their children alone with no help at all. Many single parents have different circumstances that cause them to raise their children by themselves. Being a single parent is not easy there are good days and bad days and most single parents must make it through no matter what. Many single parents do not realize that their children are looking at them for the rest of their lives.

A single parent is one who brings up a child or children without a partner. This can include, a single mother and or father, a widow or widower, or a divorced mother or father who does not have the other parent in their lives. Only having one parent can cause a lot of changes to happen in the house if the parent is recently a single parent. The family could lose income and support from the previous spouse. Children who grow up within a

Through many years, children growing up in single family homes has been discovered as problems. “At first glance, defending single mothers and their children. Raised by a strong and resourceful single mother, I turned out OK” (Wilcox). Being raised up with one parent seems to be stressful and impossible, but for decades its become possible to happen. In the society today, there are children growing up overcoming emotional stages and achieving their goals whether if they have both parents to show them difficult paths in their life that they will overcome as a growing human being. The problems that occurs within raising a child in a single family home compared to a married home can be different or the same depending on the disciplinary actions. There are many questions asked, does a child need both parent figures to be raised? Does a son need a father figure, does a daughter need a mother figure? Among all the questions asked, is there a person taking care the main responsible with much undertaking, on the single parenting topic it has become an interesting argument. People need to be more informed with raising a child. Raising a child does not rely on the structure of a family, it is more to how a parent is discipline and having a proper process of teaching their child with learning how to be mature and respectful. Children of a single home can be progressive with the same emotional, social able, and interactive behavioral skills that is raised with both parents.

According to Collins English Dictionary a person who has dependent child or dependent children and who is widowed divorced or unmarried is a single-parent family. There has been a number of single parent family cases recently in Nigeria. The trend has been used by professional that the structure of family is being broken down. This thus has major influence on the social economic and political context of family life.

A single parent family consist of a single mother or father and their offspring. They usually come about one of three ways: divorce, being widowed, or unmarried parents. In the event that the parent marries they can become a two parent family. All three types of single parent families are put under more stress as to having less people to care for offspring, however these groups often seek help from extended family and close friends. These families are often portrayed as broken in the media, however, these families often for very strong

Lone-parent families are structures consisting of just one natural parent. This may be the result of a relationship breakdown, the passing of a partner or parent and even through choice to raise a child without support. Whatever the reason it is important to understand these parents do not all have the same needs.

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.

These include academic deterioration, antisocial and delinquent behaviors, anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression. Early promiscuity, relationship difficulties, and illicit drug use are also noted. Other studies correlate resiliency in adulthood as one product of living in a conflictual family system”(Rich et al., 2007 p.164). The effects of divorce vary depending on the situation and the child. “Hess and Camara found that many children of divorce suffer severe emotional consequences such as depression, anger, anxiety, and withdrawal, any of which, if prolonged, can have a negative impact on the child’s overall emotional development. It is also reported adjustment problems in the area of cognitive, emotional, and social development among children of divorce as well. In addition, parental separation has been found to be particularly stressful for adolescents”(Bornstein and Walters, 1988 p.248).

Children and single parenting begins with the divorce of a couple who have children. The majority of children live with their mother. Non custodial fathers usually have less contact with their children, and involvement usually declines as time goes by. Since most single-parent households are mother-headed their income is usually below that of a man, this causes economic distress and fewer opportunities for educational and extracurricular experiences for the child. Economic constraints may limit growth enhancing experiences. Even children whose fathers pay substantial child support are faced with limiting experiences. Children hate divorce because having two of the most important people in your life living apart hurts. For children,

There are several key processes discussed in the Family Resilience chapter, in the text, such as the family belief system, organizational patterns, and communication. These processes help the family deal with stress, adjust to changes, and learn ways to cope with difficult situations. Within these processes, there is a framework, which focuses on family resilience. This family resilience framework emphasizes the families’ ability to adapt/adjust to significant influences and/or situations (Walsh, 2016).

early sexual activity. This is important because early sexual activity tends to lead to teenage pregnancy and early partnering—which itself can increase the risks of having children outside marriage or of divorcing. Daughters raised outside marriage are twice as likely to become teenage mothers, twice as likely to have a child outside marriage (or outside a cohabiting union) and 50 percent more likely to divorce.