Children Raised In Single Parent Households
Monterra C. Worsley
Norfolk State University As of today, the current population of the United States is 318.9 million. According the 2013 United States census approximately 24.6 million children were living in a single parent household. This issue has become more and more frequent as a norm of our society; it is important to realize the effects it has on our children. The United States is experiencing a significant increase in single-parent families, and this growth is predicted to continue (Garanzini, 1995). Even though some of these cases may be from unfortunate events such as the death of a parent or divorce and separation, they all have the same major impact on children …show more content…
The living situation or environment in which a person resides has an enormous role in the type of education a person receives. Neighborhoods that have higher average salaries usually have better schools. Better school mean more educated people. It isn’t necessarily true in every situation of single parent homes; nonetheless it’s seen frequently in our community. Our children tend to replicate things in which they see; so by guiding them in the right track by promoting education and showing the benefits of knowledge, we’d be able to see positive changes within our …show more content…
In this study of the Swedish population, they followed 90,111 single parent homes, and 622,368 two-parent homes factors such as financial, social, and health disadvantages were found. Research conducted by Gunilla Ringbäck Weitoft Swedish children of single parent households have more than double the risk of psychiatric disease, suicide or attempted suicide, and alcohol-related disease; and more than three times the risk of drug-related disease compared with their counterparts in two-parent households. The findings of this investigation revealed that growing up in a single-period family has disadvantages to the health of children. Lack of household resources plays a major part in increased risk. (Weitoft, 2003) This proves that this is not only an issue that is faced in the United States, but also a global issue that should be recognized
Monterra C. Worsley
Norfolk State University As of today, the current population of the United States is 318.9 million. According the 2013 United States census approximately 24.6 million children were living in a single parent household. This issue has become more and more frequent as a norm of our society; it is important to realize the effects it has on our children. The United States is experiencing a significant increase in single-parent families, and this growth is predicted to continue (Garanzini, 1995). Even though some of these cases may be from unfortunate events such as the death of a parent or divorce and separation, they all have the same major impact on children …show more content…
The living situation or environment in which a person resides has an enormous role in the type of education a person receives. Neighborhoods that have higher average salaries usually have better schools. Better school mean more educated people. It isn’t necessarily true in every situation of single parent homes; nonetheless it’s seen frequently in our community. Our children tend to replicate things in which they see; so by guiding them in the right track by promoting education and showing the benefits of knowledge, we’d be able to see positive changes within our …show more content…
In this study of the Swedish population, they followed 90,111 single parent homes, and 622,368 two-parent homes factors such as financial, social, and health disadvantages were found. Research conducted by Gunilla Ringbäck Weitoft Swedish children of single parent households have more than double the risk of psychiatric disease, suicide or attempted suicide, and alcohol-related disease; and more than three times the risk of drug-related disease compared with their counterparts in two-parent households. The findings of this investigation revealed that growing up in a single-period family has disadvantages to the health of children. Lack of household resources plays a major part in increased risk. (Weitoft, 2003) This proves that this is not only an issue that is faced in the United States, but also a global issue that should be recognized