Single Parent Households
... This led me in the direction of a topic based on single parents. ... I randomly selected a sample of single parents around our neighborhood. ... My goal was to get a well rounded array of that data that I could use to analyze the effects that single parents have on society. With that in mind, my thesis became the following: Social and economic instability persists in single parent households; because, two parent households establishes a better opportunity for economic growth and a more nourished family environment for raising children. Based on my experiences, I know the trials and tribulations that comes with being a single parent. I also, know the benefits of being a member of a two parent household. With my background being well versed, my hypothesis is the following: The Social and Economic instability persist in single parent households; because, they do not establish an opportunity for economic growth and a nourished family environment for raising children. ... At that time in the mother’s life, there were no room for mistakes of that nature, therefore she took her two siblings and began a life as a single parent. She found that being a single parent was extremely difficult and a life without a companion made it even more unbearable. ... Unlike so many single parents, she was blessed to find someone you gave her two more kids and was willing to marry her and take on the responsibility of her first two. ... Many single-parents struggle due to situations that arose several years earlier in their lives. ... 100% of the women who conducted the survey and who are single parents had their first child under twenty years old. The numbers are from a sample of 100 single parents. ... The social psychology of raising a family on government assistance carries a negative affect on the children as well as the parent. ... Since the early 1990s, an increasing amount of attention has been given to the rising percentage of American children who grew up in single parent households. This attention was driven by the perception that children who grew up in single parent households are more likely to drop out of school, have kids while they are young, and remain outside of the labor force, and the perceived reality that America’s social fabric was unwinding as traditional family norms were rapidly disappearing.