The Effects of Having a Baby on Male-Female Married and Un-Married Couples
The nature and status of parents in a family have a crucial impact on the child and the family as a whole. The interaction of parent’s best attempt at raising their children still results in numerous issues amongst their family life. Married parents living together tend to share an equal workload, responsibilities, and gain knowledge in raising their children together. The unmarried parents often experience challenges and dilemmas raising their children from separate households. Having a kid results in divergent effects on the both male-female matrimonial and the single couples. The impact of having a baby on the married and unmarried are crucial …show more content…
For wedded couples that have similar views on raising a child, a new kid gives them a common duty. These parents tend to form a partnership in taking care of their child. They help each other to stay consistent with the decisions they have made in raising their children. The sharing of tasks in the family will help the married couples to foster unity in carrying out other tasks and activities of the family. Through unity, the child motivates the parents to work hard in providing for and taking full care of the child. The married couple will gain focus through the common task of raising up a …show more content…
The findings of a Millennium Cohort Study show that matrimonial parents are more likely to stay together than those who are unwed. Most of the children of the cohabiting parents had experienced the break-up of their families before they reach the age of five. By that age, most of the children were not living with both their biological parents.
The aspects of trust and sexual fidelity are common concerns among the male-female single couples. Cohabitation leads to high chances of sexual infidelity among the unmarried couples. Some unmarried couples have complained about relationship hitches, with distrust being their principal theme (Strong & Cohen, p 4, 2013). Some single parents may also tend to abuse their children sexually. The fear of sexual infidelity accelerated conflicts among the single couples, which in turn affects the children. The children often suffer many challenges, for example, they may lack parental support in the cases of conflicts between the unmarried
The nature and status of parents in a family have a crucial impact on the child and the family as a whole. The interaction of parent’s best attempt at raising their children still results in numerous issues amongst their family life. Married parents living together tend to share an equal workload, responsibilities, and gain knowledge in raising their children together. The unmarried parents often experience challenges and dilemmas raising their children from separate households. Having a kid results in divergent effects on the both male-female matrimonial and the single couples. The impact of having a baby on the married and unmarried are crucial …show more content…
For wedded couples that have similar views on raising a child, a new kid gives them a common duty. These parents tend to form a partnership in taking care of their child. They help each other to stay consistent with the decisions they have made in raising their children. The sharing of tasks in the family will help the married couples to foster unity in carrying out other tasks and activities of the family. Through unity, the child motivates the parents to work hard in providing for and taking full care of the child. The married couple will gain focus through the common task of raising up a …show more content…
The findings of a Millennium Cohort Study show that matrimonial parents are more likely to stay together than those who are unwed. Most of the children of the cohabiting parents had experienced the break-up of their families before they reach the age of five. By that age, most of the children were not living with both their biological parents.
The aspects of trust and sexual fidelity are common concerns among the male-female single couples. Cohabitation leads to high chances of sexual infidelity among the unmarried couples. Some unmarried couples have complained about relationship hitches, with distrust being their principal theme (Strong & Cohen, p 4, 2013). Some single parents may also tend to abuse their children sexually. The fear of sexual infidelity accelerated conflicts among the single couples, which in turn affects the children. The children often suffer many challenges, for example, they may lack parental support in the cases of conflicts between the unmarried