Facts About Single Parents
Single parenting
Being a single parent may occur as the result of many things. Often, it is opted for by the parent (as in divorce, adoption, artificial insemination, surrogate motherhood, or extramarital pregnancy), and sometimes it is an unforeseeable occurrence (as in the death of one parent or abandonment by one parent).
Growing up with a single mother is by far the most common instance of single parenting
Single mothers have more difficult time providing for their families because women generally have lower paying jobs than men. Even if this is the case, they are more likely to nurture their children by telling them they love them, hugging them, and showing affection towards them.
Society dictates that the father works and brings home money. Being a single parent, fathers can be found helping kids with their homework, they do the house chores, they help out in the kitchen and other previously considered “mother” roles. Financial issues are not really a problem with single dads, as they tend to have higher positions in the work force, giving them higher salaries.
Being a single parent can be very challenging, not only do you have to play the roles of both parents, but you’re financially responsible for a set of bills that are usually paid by two incomes. Children of single parents are very likely to share more household responsibilities, including looking after themselves and their siblings, if ever they have one. Single parents often discuss financial or family matters with their children, which, in other families, are usually discussed only between parents. This can make the children from single parent families particularly independent, mature, resourceful, and responsible as compared to their peers.
Because of the demands of single parenthood, single parents have a harder time dating others. Childcare must be arranged and there simply is limited time to spend dating and hanging out with friends. This would cause some single parents to be angry and feel left out of the “adult world”.
Single parents have the unique opportunity to influence their child or children for good or ill, without the counterbalance of another parent. Fortunately, many children raised in a single parent home will report with admiration the extra effort made by their single parent Mom or Dad.
