¶ … Opportunities to Assist Single-Parent Families
Although every single-parent family is unique, they all share the same challenges that are associated with life in the 21st century, as well as many that are more acutely manifested by virtue of their single-parent status. The traditional two-parent family has been increasingly replaced with single-parent families in recent years, and in some inner-city communities, they are the norm rather than the exception. Single-parent families exist everywhere though, of course, and while the reasons for this condition include death and divorce, they also include abandonment and temporary but lengthy absences of one of the parents. Despite a growing body of research concerning the effects of single-parent status on family members, there remains a relatively paucity of research from the perspective of the family members, as well as how American society views this issue. To gain some new insights in this area, this paper provides a review of the relevant literature concerning single-parents families and how parents and children in these families view their status and a discussion concerning how the larger American society views this issue. A summary of the research and important findings from this review are provided in the conclusion.
Review and Discussion
How Parents and Children View the Issue
Because every family is different, it is not surprising, perhaps, that the research to date concerning how parents and children in single-parent families view their status has been mixed. In some cases, the family dynamic...
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