Single-parent children

Nosferatu

With the upcoming baby in the picture, I'd like to get a bit of information.

Would you say that 50% or more of the kids in elementary school only live with one parent?

Chimene

Do you mean 1 natural parent with a step parent? or just one period?

Nosferatu

Just one period.

It seems that more and more I see couples having kids, and splitting up shortly after.

Chimene

Oh, no, then. I wouldn't say there are that many, infact, maybe 5% at the most? I think it's different in all places to though

mrsjones5

Depends on what type of neighborhood the children live in. In my town most of the children live in 2 parent homes.

Josie

Yes, exactly, I grew up in SD California. Everyone's parents were divorced. When I moved to SC when I was 18, all my friends parents except for one, were still married. It actually blew my mind that so many parents were still married. So it really depends are where you are, what type of town you live in

prophesariah

I don't know actual statistics. However, as a former teacher and a current volunteer in an early childhood program, a large percentage of children are in single-parent households. Why do you ask? It is possible to raise children in this environment to become healthy, well-adjusted, positve contributing members to society. That involves the single parent utilizing a multitude of resources available from family, friends, neighbors, and community. It takes a village to raise a child.

Mary

It is possible to raise children in this environment to become healthy, well-adjusted, positve contributing members to society.

Yes it's possible, but statistics show that children that come from a home where there's a mother and a father do better in life than those who come from a one parent home.

That involves the single parent utilizing a multitude of resources available from family, friends, neighbors, and community.

In reality, many single parents do not have the resources you mention. Many do not have close relatives that live near them that could help out and they may not have very many close friends or neighbours that they know well enough to leave the child with. Plus, with everyone else working full time and trying to raise their own kids, alot of people simply don't have the time to look after someone else's child. Alot of people don't go to church, so that route is out as well. The majority of single parents that I know are basically on their own. They take their child to day-care or a baby-sitter while they work, then they pick them up afterwards and it's just the two of them. It would be nice if they did have more people they could turn to, but the reality is something different.

Gretchen956

Edited so as not to hijack the thread!

Sherry

Purza

I don't really know how you would going about getting an accurate statistic. My daughter was raised by me (a single parent) for the first 11 years of her life. She has a step father now. The one thing we do notice is that all of her friends that she hangs around with (perhaps 6 kids) are either living in single parent homes or live in a step situation. That is a very small sample, but I am just saying that is what we have experienced.

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