" In the United States, the effects of single-parent family life on children fall into two categories: 1. those attributed to lower socioeconomic status of single parents and 2. the short-term consequences of divorce that moderate over time. Four factors are predictive of U.S. children's adjustment to the divorce of their parents: the passage of time, the quality of children's relationship with their residential parent, the level of conflict between parents, and the economic standing of the children's residential family". (family.jrank.org)
Not only are children born into the one-parent home, they also come into one parent homes by divorce. Some studies state that children of one-parent homes are at risk of antisocial behavior, aggression, anxiety, and school problems than children in two parent homes. I feel that some of these problems are a result of unavailable resources and adult supervision; many of the negative effects disappear when there is inadequate supervision, income,and continutity in social networks.
Society feels that the common explanation for the problem found among children in single parents has been the absence of a male adult inthe family, What's the explanation for those children being raised by a male? In my opinion, parents have to be parents, take on the role of parenting, not as " THE FRIEND" I feel that some parents are not raising their children, but the children are raising themselves, to be a parent, you have to act like one. How a child acts depends on their upbringing.
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This so true, parent do have to be parents. I was a teenage mother in my early teen years and was never that friend to my son. He knows who is the parent. Another thing about my son he was raised by my mother and her husband and he still knew who was the parent and were the respect stands.
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