Single

Single Father Stereotypes: Do They Exist? Usually, when entering the toy section of a popular department store, the first thing that is noticeable, is of course the brightly colored dolls and toy cars, although, observing beyond the vivid hues, it is evident to see many children, tightly squeezing onto their mother’s arm begging to buy the toys that catches their interest. It is easy to suggest a. the mothers could be married, or b. these mothers could be single parents. This belief of maternal…

Single Parent Households vs Two Parent Households: The Difficulties of Raising Children A single parent is defined as raising a child or children household without the presence of the other biological party. Single parenting includes single father families, as well as, single mother families. According to Justin Healy who wrote Single Parent families in 2013, Mother’s can’t teach a young man how to be a man and father’s can’t teach a young lady how to conduct herself as a woman. Putting single…

than women despite education level, hours, and career. More specifically, in the words of a University of Illinois assistant professor of families studies, Karen Karmer, “Single mothers earn about two-thirds of what a single father would make” (College of ACES). As single fathers do make more than single mothers, this puts single mother in a position where raising a child alone is difficult because they have to cover the cost of child care, food, shelter, clothing, etc. Furthermore, the cost of…

are rich in stimuluses that promote hedonistic, rebellious, and undisciplined behaviors. Single sex schools is a positive environment for children to develop and learn positive behaviors. Single sex schools is beneficial to adolescent…

A Single Shard Epilogue About three years later, Hyung-pil was almost a full grown man. Hyung-pil still always asked himself Who is my real father? Min came home that day feeling very ill and he weakly whispered to Hyung-pil, “Hyung-pil, for these last three years, you have grown into something more than I could’ve expected… I… I… I love you.” And with that, Min let out his final breath. Hyung-pil looked down at his limp corpse and whimpered out, “I love you too.” One month later, Ajima…

damily does not have a father or a mother, more commonly called as single parenting. It is a more demanding task when the father or mother is a single-parent, acting out dual roles owing to certain factors, such as— but not limited to — the death of his/her partner, separation and unwed parents who bore a child (Kotwal and Prabhakar, 2014). Single parents can be considered as heroes in the strictest sense of the word because they single-handedly take upon themselves the burden of raising their…

I know of two people that are middle aged and widowed. One a male friend of ours and the other my aunt. After 5 years of being a single adult they both continue to maintain their sexual integrity. Some might think it easier to do this than compared to a younger adult who has never been married. In the video Single Sexuality by Dr. Sharon Hart Morris (2016), it is pointed out by Jennifer Cisney (2016) that no matter what age a person is, they are still a sexual being so this indicates that even…

Single parenthood, be it a single mother of father, is a life commitment and long struggle that many are faced with. Often times the stereotype and narrative of being a single parent is told by single mothers. Either being forced into their situation were few options else are available, or the parent willing chooses single parenthood for their benefit as well as their child. Overwhelmingly though, single mothers don’t really have a choice in their status as single mother’s, they are victims of…

“Stories matter, many stories matter” (17:42), but it is how we use these stories to connect with someone and are not ignorant to the single story. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of her every day like to find her cultural voice. She warns that if only a single story is heard there will be a crucial misunderstanding about a person or thing. She also includes the use of stereotypes in her stories. But she began her talk about her life as a child and the literature she read. Adichie…

The Hidden Issues behind Single-Sex Classrooms Growing up and going to school in a small Catholic parish, there was a lot I experienced that plenty of others have never had to do before. For example, during summer, all females were expected to wear a skirt with dress shoes. Females also were not supposed to have their hair cut any shorter than below the ear. That was only a small snippet of it all. Young girls in class would always play with their Barbie dolls or talk about the newest episode…