There are many different social problems that affect families with in the united states. One-parent families have a big impact on many other social problems. “Two of five births in the United States are to single women” (Henslin, 2013). Not to say that women are the only single parent, there are many fathers that also raise children by themselves. According to the US Census Bureau “approximately 82.2 % of custodial parents are mothers, and 17.8 % of custodial parents (approximately 1 in 6) are fathers (Wolf, J., ). The social problem of single parenting is a social problem in which I have experienced. I know first-hand how difficult it is not only financially but also emotionally. There are many reasons that parents become single-parents.
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The financial burden will still be present but may not be as dramatic due to men receive 21% (Hill, C. PhD, 2016) More income then women. However, they are also faced with the challenge of child support and custody. Single fathers will also need to do the job of two which can be difficult for some men to do the nurturing role. Single fathers that have never been married have many similar obstacles as single father that have been married. The single father that have never been married may have the same feelings of loneliness that single mothers that have never been married have. Single fathers also have a difficult time playing the nurturing role at times. If the single father is parenting girls, they need to explain physical aspect of being female later in the childhood. Parenting as a single person doesn’t only affect the adults in the family, children are effected by the situation. Children watch the stress that the parents go through which can influence the child’s emotional well-being. Children are all too often put in the middle of parents feuds. Children are used a leverage between parents which can leave them to feel like an object and not loved as a person with feelings. Moving between two households can have additional hardships for the children also. Changing of routines and schedules are troublesome for child to cope
The financial burden will still be present but may not be as dramatic due to men receive 21% (Hill, C. PhD, 2016) More income then women. However, they are also faced with the challenge of child support and custody. Single fathers will also need to do the job of two which can be difficult for some men to do the nurturing role. Single fathers that have never been married have many similar obstacles as single father that have been married. The single father that have never been married may have the same feelings of loneliness that single mothers that have never been married have. Single fathers also have a difficult time playing the nurturing role at times. If the single father is parenting girls, they need to explain physical aspect of being female later in the childhood. Parenting as a single person doesn’t only affect the adults in the family, children are effected by the situation. Children watch the stress that the parents go through which can influence the child’s emotional well-being. Children are all too often put in the middle of parents feuds. Children are used a leverage between parents which can leave them to feel like an object and not loved as a person with feelings. Moving between two households can have additional hardships for the children also. Changing of routines and schedules are troublesome for child to cope