How can single mother’s psychological and physiological state lead her to neglect her child?
In 1995, an article called “Why Fathers Count” stated that “nearly 23 million American children do not live with their biological fathers. And 40 percent of the kids of divorced parents haven 't seen their fathers” (Csatari). We usually see in custody battles that the mother gets the children because she is the best equipped to take care and nurture them. With that said, we see a lot of single mothers in our society, maybe even more than in 1995. Often times, single mothers are forgotten because we forget their struggles and battles. They work hard to always make sure that their children are fed and have a roof over their heads but is it possible that …show more content…
In the movie, you see the type of life they lived before and then after, when the program stops abruptly because of safety issues. There is a scene in this movie were two of the stars in the program, Richard and Romesh, which are brothers, get into a fight. The mother comes in and breaks up the fight. She just screams, pushes them and tells her son Richard to leave her son (Romesh) alone as if Richard was not her son (Ewing and Grady). What she said can be considered emotional abuse. Neglecting a child is a form of …show more content…
They are called the uninvolved parent. “They are not emotionally attached to their children, and are so permissive that they are seen as parents that neglect their children” (Cherry). The way they neglect their children is more psychological because they tend to ignore their children but they do neglect them educationally because they do not usually go to “parent teacher conferences or school events” (Cherry).
The biggest problem with mothers neglecting their children is that usually the child, especially the oldest, has to grow up. The child has to become the parent because the mother is too busy with other duties that she has or she has become the child (this occurs mostly in substance abuse cases). The child has to bathe and feed him or herself and their siblings. They help with homework. At times they have to feed their mother and bathe her also. Make sure their mother does not overdose and is still
In 1995, an article called “Why Fathers Count” stated that “nearly 23 million American children do not live with their biological fathers. And 40 percent of the kids of divorced parents haven 't seen their fathers” (Csatari). We usually see in custody battles that the mother gets the children because she is the best equipped to take care and nurture them. With that said, we see a lot of single mothers in our society, maybe even more than in 1995. Often times, single mothers are forgotten because we forget their struggles and battles. They work hard to always make sure that their children are fed and have a roof over their heads but is it possible that …show more content…
In the movie, you see the type of life they lived before and then after, when the program stops abruptly because of safety issues. There is a scene in this movie were two of the stars in the program, Richard and Romesh, which are brothers, get into a fight. The mother comes in and breaks up the fight. She just screams, pushes them and tells her son Richard to leave her son (Romesh) alone as if Richard was not her son (Ewing and Grady). What she said can be considered emotional abuse. Neglecting a child is a form of …show more content…
They are called the uninvolved parent. “They are not emotionally attached to their children, and are so permissive that they are seen as parents that neglect their children” (Cherry). The way they neglect their children is more psychological because they tend to ignore their children but they do neglect them educationally because they do not usually go to “parent teacher conferences or school events” (Cherry).
The biggest problem with mothers neglecting their children is that usually the child, especially the oldest, has to grow up. The child has to become the parent because the mother is too busy with other duties that she has or she has become the child (this occurs mostly in substance abuse cases). The child has to bathe and feed him or herself and their siblings. They help with homework. At times they have to feed their mother and bathe her also. Make sure their mother does not overdose and is still