Single Mother-Child Dyad Research Paper
Shervaughn Sivertsen
Professor Hirschmann
Engl 1302 – Essay 3 Final Draft
Single Mother - Successful Child. My topic was inspired by “The Lesson” (Toni Cade Bambara pg 507-512), parents play an important part of in a child’s development. The Mother-Child Dyad is the most important aspect of raising competent children, closing the intergenerational gap through communication and compromise helps strengthen these relationships. Single mothers are very capable of raising responsible children. According to Troy E. Beckert, et al while conducting a study of competence from both parent and children perspectives, ”The presence of an adult at home when the child returned from school and the amount of time the dyad spent together each week significantly …show more content…
Ermisch and Marco Francesconi found “that experience of life in a single-parent family during childhood is usually associated with negative outcomes for children as young adults.” (Ermisch pg 262) Although the ideal family situation includes a mother, a father and extended family sharing the responsibility of raising the child, this is not always an option. Weinraub and Wolf found that there is an impact on nurturing, “never-married mothers were more nurturant toward their children than divorced mothers.” (Weinraub pg 1309) Children raised by single-mothers can still be well-adjusted children, teenagers, and adults. Most children who grow up in single-mother working households are mature, realistic and independent. Weinraub and Wolf also found that “single parents fared no better or worse than their married counterparts in ability to exercise effective control, display of maternal nurturance, ease in communicating with their children, or extent of child maturity demands.” and “no differences were observed among children from single or married homes in compliance with these demands.” (Weinraub pg …show more content…
Works cited
Beckert, Troy E., Paris S. Storm, Robert D. Strom, Kathryn Darre, and Anne Weed. "SINGLE
MOTHERS OF EARLY ADOLESCENTS: PERCEPTIONS OF COMPETENCE." Adolescence 43.170 (2008): 275-290. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2010.
Cahill, Katherine R., et al. "Theory of Mind, Self-worth and the Mother–Child Relationship."
Social Development 16.1 (2007): 45-56. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2010.
Ermisch, John F., and Marco Francesconi. "Family structure and children's
Professor Hirschmann
Engl 1302 – Essay 3 Final Draft
Single Mother - Successful Child. My topic was inspired by “The Lesson” (Toni Cade Bambara pg 507-512), parents play an important part of in a child’s development. The Mother-Child Dyad is the most important aspect of raising competent children, closing the intergenerational gap through communication and compromise helps strengthen these relationships. Single mothers are very capable of raising responsible children. According to Troy E. Beckert, et al while conducting a study of competence from both parent and children perspectives, ”The presence of an adult at home when the child returned from school and the amount of time the dyad spent together each week significantly …show more content…
Ermisch and Marco Francesconi found “that experience of life in a single-parent family during childhood is usually associated with negative outcomes for children as young adults.” (Ermisch pg 262) Although the ideal family situation includes a mother, a father and extended family sharing the responsibility of raising the child, this is not always an option. Weinraub and Wolf found that there is an impact on nurturing, “never-married mothers were more nurturant toward their children than divorced mothers.” (Weinraub pg 1309) Children raised by single-mothers can still be well-adjusted children, teenagers, and adults. Most children who grow up in single-mother working households are mature, realistic and independent. Weinraub and Wolf also found that “single parents fared no better or worse than their married counterparts in ability to exercise effective control, display of maternal nurturance, ease in communicating with their children, or extent of child maturity demands.” and “no differences were observed among children from single or married homes in compliance with these demands.” (Weinraub pg …show more content…
Works cited
Beckert, Troy E., Paris S. Storm, Robert D. Strom, Kathryn Darre, and Anne Weed. "SINGLE
MOTHERS OF EARLY ADOLESCENTS: PERCEPTIONS OF COMPETENCE." Adolescence 43.170 (2008): 275-290. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2010.
Cahill, Katherine R., et al. "Theory of Mind, Self-worth and the Mother–Child Relationship."
Social Development 16.1 (2007): 45-56. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2010.
Ermisch, John F., and Marco Francesconi. "Family structure and children's