This can improve a child’s quality of life, as well as their overall wellbeing. In situations where this social support system is lacking, the employment of a multi-generational household can be very beneficial for a woman as well as a man. A grand-parent can assume the role of the parent in many tasks, such as school meetings, picking a child up from school, parenting and comforting the child. In addition to assuming specific roles they can also provide aid financially, making the need to assume the role of a parent pointless as the parent is now able to fulfill those …show more content…
Where as in small towns and places where divorce is not common practice, the support group can be small or a complete lack thereof. This may leave a woman partially or completely lacking in needed support. Similar to woman, men can also be left without needed support if society sees him as fully capable of providing financially or capable of getting into a new relationship soon after the breakdown of the previous relationship. Conclusively the need for social support for single parent families is great. This can improve a child’s quality of life, as well as their overall wellbeing. In situations where this social support system is lacking, the employment of a multi-generational household can be very beneficial for a woman or a man. A grand-parent can assume the role of the parent in many tasks, such as school meetings, picking a child up from school, parenting and comforting the child, all of these tasks are easy to do however are hard to complete when also trying to meet the financial needs of the family