Dating and Sexual Behavior Among Single Parents of Young Children and Effect on Their Children
Among the different difficulties encountered by single parents with young kids, a prominent one is dealing with possible trade-offs between personal romance and parenting. Usually, single parents have a primary responsibility to caring for and raising young children; however, this may be accompanied by a longing for a sexual/romantic partner, as well. Trade-off-related difficulties are especially prominent when children are too young and dependent (e.g. toddlers and babies) (Konner, 2010). Apart from time requirements linked with acquiring a partner, a parent will also be concerned with regard to any interference to their young child's emotional and social growth. This paper aims at determining the effect of sexual behavior/dating by single parents on young children, by reviewing relevant literature.
Single parent dating and sexual behavior
A single-parent family with young and dependent children constitutes a social niche that is separate from dual-parent families. A single parent may seek another sexual/romantic partner, who might fill in the shoes of the absent parent and assist with numerous demands connected with parenting young kids. On the other hand, dating a single parent having young kid(s) may seem relatively less appealing to potential partners (Goldscheider, Kaufman, & Sassler, 2009), owing...
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