The Single Parent Environment
Throughout the United States, eleven-million children live in a single parent environment according to the United States Census in 2016 (Porter). Since the beginning of my life I had been raised in what can be considered a one-parent household, an absent father; only my mother with the support of my grandparents to raise me. Despite struggles common of single parents, such as financial issues and lack of parental resources my mother succeeded in juggling her education, her work, and her child. From my current perspective, through the creation of a nurturing environment I believe there was no need for a two parent environment, the one parent environment even benefited me. The absence of my father allowed for an …show more content…
The same study by The Institute of Health showed that children in single parent households generally have a lower level of education and a higher rate of poverty (Mussik and Meier). Analogously, I can connect with the economic factor that this article supports, we lived in an old two story home blanketed in the shade of the many towering trees growing in our small front yard. Five people lived in the house, my aunt, my grandfather, my grandmother, and my mother and I as my mother couldn’t afford a place of our own to live until I was the age of eight. The house was often lively, my grandmother often cooked for the family, my grandfather worked in downtown Denver, my mom and aunt working and juggling school. Throughout this period of time it was difficult to afford much beyond necessities. Additionally, it can be argued my personal situation cannot be considered a true one parent household due to the prevalence of my grandparents and their role in my upbringing. My grandfather took the role of a father figure in my life teaching me life lessons and virtues at any chance, reading to me, telling me stories, supporting my interests, and ultimately harboring a hobby in music. I recall the area of the basement he had converted into a personal studio, tables littered with mixers, recording equipment, synthesizers as well as various instruments hugging the warmly colored walls checkered in posters and notes. I would often wander downstairs to observe or join in whenever I heard his music echo throughout the vents of the
Throughout the United States, eleven-million children live in a single parent environment according to the United States Census in 2016 (Porter). Since the beginning of my life I had been raised in what can be considered a one-parent household, an absent father; only my mother with the support of my grandparents to raise me. Despite struggles common of single parents, such as financial issues and lack of parental resources my mother succeeded in juggling her education, her work, and her child. From my current perspective, through the creation of a nurturing environment I believe there was no need for a two parent environment, the one parent environment even benefited me. The absence of my father allowed for an …show more content…
The same study by The Institute of Health showed that children in single parent households generally have a lower level of education and a higher rate of poverty (Mussik and Meier). Analogously, I can connect with the economic factor that this article supports, we lived in an old two story home blanketed in the shade of the many towering trees growing in our small front yard. Five people lived in the house, my aunt, my grandfather, my grandmother, and my mother and I as my mother couldn’t afford a place of our own to live until I was the age of eight. The house was often lively, my grandmother often cooked for the family, my grandfather worked in downtown Denver, my mom and aunt working and juggling school. Throughout this period of time it was difficult to afford much beyond necessities. Additionally, it can be argued my personal situation cannot be considered a true one parent household due to the prevalence of my grandparents and their role in my upbringing. My grandfather took the role of a father figure in my life teaching me life lessons and virtues at any chance, reading to me, telling me stories, supporting my interests, and ultimately harboring a hobby in music. I recall the area of the basement he had converted into a personal studio, tables littered with mixers, recording equipment, synthesizers as well as various instruments hugging the warmly colored walls checkered in posters and notes. I would often wander downstairs to observe or join in whenever I heard his music echo throughout the vents of the