The lack of relationship with one of their parents means that they end up giving less value to family life and the role of a parent in a child's life. In addition, children end up growing with reduced expectations in their own future relationships and crave for affection for people around them. Busy work schedule of many single parents means that they barely have the time to shower their children with love and affection. This leads to an ineffective understanding of a parent's role by children (Kunz). Children from single parent household end up blaming themselves for their living situation, causing major damage to their …show more content…
With only single parent running the household and managing the finances, there is a direct impact on the social behaviors and academic achievement of the child. In addition, there are increased risks of emotional, social, and cognitive problems as the child does not have someone all the time to guide them through though phases of their life. Children often feeling that they have been abandoned and start resenting their parents. There is a decline in the parenting quality as single parent fails to juggle both personal and professional lives. Finances are weakened as there is only one working hand in the family. Child's self-esteem is dented and exposure to stress increases without having both parents in their life. Academic achievement also takes a blow as there is not one to guide the child through homework and other school related information at