A single parent is one who raises the child alone without the help of the child other parent or significant other, meaning that the single parent is the only parental figure to the child, responsible for all financial, material, and emotional needs. Being a single parent is difficult, not only does this person go through emotional and physical stress but they have to hold an expectation to be both father figure and mother figure at the same time. “Single parenthood can bring added pressure and stress to the job of raising children. With no one to share day-to-day responsibilities or decision-making, single parents must provide greater support for their children while they themselves may feel alone.” (Stresses of Single Parenting)
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There are other struggle in a single parent’s life that does not involve their child necessary. For example “Having time for yourself, It’s hard to find someone to accept you and your “baggage”,Being judged quickly”(10 Struggles Only Single Moms Understand) and many more which can make a single parent depressed. Single parents are not rare, most parents nowadays don't have a partners to help them either for discover or the other parent wanted to not be in the child’s life. Single Parenting can be a great thing when child and parent are in the same track but sometimes when said parent is giving the child a bad image of the other parent this child learns to resent the other parent and sometimes the one who is with …show more content…
Someone of the benefits of being a single parent are “There's no one to undermine my authority, and No more fighting about who does what” (Benefits to Being a Single Parent) which can be very good when the single parent finally gets out of the a relationship. Single parents are generally judged or praised, it depends on the culture or place they live. An example of a single parent being judged would be in the article “ The Perfect Family” (viewpoints) which describes the family ideal in the 1950s and how people would not be divorced, if so they would be judged. In this article the reader is given a view on how single parents are not common and the struggles of being a single parent. The article also shows that even though the authors mother was judged she did her best to help her children and
Single parenting …show more content…
There are other struggle in a single parent’s life that does not involve their child necessary. For example “Having time for yourself, It’s hard to find someone to accept you and your “baggage”,Being judged quickly”(10 Struggles Only Single Moms Understand) and many more which can make a single parent depressed. Single parents are not rare, most parents nowadays don't have a partners to help them either for discover or the other parent wanted to not be in the child’s life. Single Parenting can be a great thing when child and parent are in the same track but sometimes when said parent is giving the child a bad image of the other parent this child learns to resent the other parent and sometimes the one who is with …show more content…
Someone of the benefits of being a single parent are “There's no one to undermine my authority, and No more fighting about who does what” (Benefits to Being a Single Parent) which can be very good when the single parent finally gets out of the a relationship. Single parents are generally judged or praised, it depends on the culture or place they live. An example of a single parent being judged would be in the article “ The Perfect Family” (viewpoints) which describes the family ideal in the 1950s and how people would not be divorced, if so they would be judged. In this article the reader is given a view on how single parents are not common and the struggles of being a single parent. The article also shows that even though the authors mother was judged she did her best to help her children and