SINGLE PARENT ADOPTIONS

Single Parent Adoptions

Single Parent Adoptions

Introduction

A single parent is someone who cares for their children without any aid from another person at home. Raising a child can be very stressful for a single person, but it also gives various benefits. Single parents are able to manage and communicate with their children in a better manner somehow. By running their families alone, they strengthen their parenting skills and are more dependable. With the rising numbers of parental divorce and children born out of wedlock, increasing number of children is experiencing living in a single-parent household.

Discussion

A parent may become single abandon after being ditched by the other, after getting divorce, by the other parent being jailed; unforeseeable incidents like death of the other parent, separation from the other parent, changes in marriage and cohabitation or the issue may occur if the child is born to a teenage mother or unmarried mother. (Duncan, 2009)

There are many factors that influence the development of children living with single parent. These include occupation, income, parent's attitude and behavior, contact with the other parent, discrimination, education, parent's age and support from the extended family and friends.

Some people choose to become single parents, through divorce or by having kids outside of marriage. Some people have the job thrust upon them when a partner leaves unexpectedly, perhaps, or dies. Whatever the route to the role of solo mom or dad, these parents agree that it's a way of life that can be very challenging. That's despite the fact that single parenthood, today, (Doherty, 2007) is accepted as a common fact of life. Both locally and nationally, the ranks of single moms and dads continue to grow. But as they do, the demands and difficulties of single-parent life are changing, too.

Most common issues are Time crunches, Scheduling demands, Lack of emotional support, Housing, mortgage and landlord problems. And, most pressingly of all, money worries because it's tough to make it on one paycheck in a two-paycheck world.

The impact of these changes is normally tough. Many of these single parents don't regret not being married or not living in the same house with a former partner. Some lead their lives happily. At the same time, they see their day-to-day challenges in the parenting department as particularly tough. Some say that all this solo parenting is good and liberating, especially for women. Others counter that the decline in two-parent families is gravely harming the country's social status.

Women are usually hit harder in the process than men, because often their earning power is lower and they assume more of the post-breakup child-care role. (Doherty, 2007) Elder Women, like their younger counterparts, face certain challenges especially financial ones when they opt for single motherhood. (Lutz)Life in a single parent home: It is observed that children in single parent homes are far more worst than the children living with both parents. In a single parent family the parent is usually found at work throughout the day, and the children are left ...