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submitted: Aug 25th 2008 | by: JaneBear | Total views: 2 | Word Count: 475 | |

Unfortunately, single parenting has seemingly become an acceptable norm. There were over 20 million single parents in the United States in the year 2000 according to the US Census Bureau. Certainly, the worldwide number of people who are challenged with single parenting is exponentially higher.

Single parenting can be the result of a voluntary decision, such as those women who choose to have a child by artificial insemination and those unmarried persons who adopt children. Women who become pregnant outside of marriage, or those parents who are widowed, divorced, or simply deserted by their spouses are all single parents.

The most common type of single parent home is one with a mother only. This is the most common because it is much easier for the father to get out of the circumstance. The mother has to give birth to the child and oftentimes this leaves them with more of a connection with the child. However, a single father home is the fastest growing type of family situation.

Single mothers have more difficult time providing for their families because women generally have lower paying jobs than men. Even if this is the case, they are more likely to nurture their children by telling them they love them, hugging them, and showing affection towards them.

Society dictates that the father works and brings home money. Being a single parent, fathers can be found helping kids with their homework, they do the house chores, they help out in the kitchen and other previously considered "mother" roles. Financial issues are not really a problem with single dads, as they tend to have higher positions in the work force, giving them higher salaries.

Being a single parent can be very challenging, not only do you have to play the roles of both parents, but you're financially responsible for a set of bills that are usually paid by two incomes. Children of single parents are very likely to share more household responsibilities, including looking after themselves and their siblings, if ever they have one. Single parents often discuss financial or family matters with their children, which, in other families, are usually discussed only between parents. This can make the children from single parent families particularly independent, mature, resourceful, and responsible as compared to their peers.

Due to the constraints of parenthood, the time is often spent between work and taking care of the children rather than going out with friends or dates. Single parents won't have much time at all for yourself; in essence, your 'self' will be all about the children.

Single parenthood can have advantages, even in the light of tough situation. You can establish rules and guidelines in a more straightforward manner, since there is no partner to consult or with whom to debate. There are many successful single parent families out there today and certainly, you can be one of them with some effort.

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