When a family splits, separates, divorces or a child is born out of wed lock for whatever reason one of the most difficult decisions to make are custody arrangements. Over the years the government has shifted its views from the child’s mother being the best fir for primary custody to “the best interest” of the child. What’s in the best interest of the child consists of both tangible and non-tangible things. The necessities include the ability to provide food, shelter and a a safe environment are important but also the stability of the parent psychologically and their mental health also begins to become part of the importance to the child. The person…
Your first lab link can be found at Temper Tantrums. A written transcript is also available for this lab.…
Bill McKibben in the essay, The Case for Single-Child Families, argues that the human race is overpopulated. He thinks that smaller families are better for the environment and suggests that not all parents are good parents. There are such things as bad parents and their parenting styles aren't always good. McKibben points out that it might be a good idea to start talking about overpopulation and maybe start rethinking opinions about only having a certain amount of children in attempts to prevent overpopulation.…
There are four main parenting styles, permissive, Authoritarian, Authoritative and Uninvolved parenting. Permissive parenting is very relaxed, there believe is children are capable of making their decision on their own with some parenting advice. Authoritarian parents have high expectations for their children their also very strict they like their kids to follow completely. Authoritative parents are strict, and very loving. Authoritative parents involve a delicate balance of expectations and demands in a fair and responsive environment. They are open minded about rules and issues, they will listen and consider the child’s opinion and viewpoints. Uninvolved parents neglect their children. Their children are emotionally distance…
After doing this research, I have come to comprehend a lot of things lone parents are going through due to either the policies or being a woman. These are affecting lone parents in many ways, such as, low paying jobs, health, and not able to balance their work place demands and family domain. I discovered that the more single parents and their children age, the more their needs increase. Single parents are often “co-signed” to low paying jobs because of their low level of education and work experience, which I tapped from the previous research paper I did before this. My thought about social policy that surrounds lone parents is the inequality job pay between men and women, and less opportunity given to lone parents seeking employment. This…
Do you think women are choosing to have children unmarried? In some instances that is true, but most of the time it is a mistake. Today one in three children are born to an unmarried mother. Researchers like Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas took a bold step and wrote an article that gives the different points of view about being unmarried with children. In Unmarried with Children, Kathryn Edin and Marie Kefalas, use personal credentials, statistics, external sources, and cause and effect to appeal to the readers’ credibility, reasoning, and logistics to convince them that many single mothers might have been better off if they had finished high school, found a stable job, and married their child’s father first.…
Did you know that one third of all children in the United States (US) are expected to live in a stepfamily before they reach the age of 18[helpguide.org 2008]? While some people consider blended families abnormal, they can be just as good as a “regular” family. With blended families becoming more common, there are more studies being done to show both the similarities and differences between “regular” and blended families.…
That you are not just drinking beer, you are building friendships. As if Bud Light’s beer was the intermediary, used to gain friendship with other, which, in a figurative way is; in my opinion, now in days, whenever there is a gathering of people, celebrating something or just grouping for whatever reason, there is beer in the equation.…
The job of parenting can be a gratifying experience, but it can also be overwhelming at times. When a child is birthed, the notion of feeding, clothing, and providing for them is a fundamental awareness. Although the basics of child rearing are common knowledge, rarely are parents told the techniques for raising a productive child. Decades ago, it was routine that the father worked while the mother stayed home to care for the children and the household. In this era, there are some extenuating circumstances where parents cannot totally commit to monitoring their children. They may be forced into single parenting, they may be required to work more than one job, or they may have too many children which would render them unable to properly supervise the child that needs the most supervision. On some occasions, these unsupervised adolescents may turn to substance use for various reasons. Some adolescents abuse substances (dependent variable) because of the type of supervision that was provided by their parents (independent variable). In this case, the question by which this research is…
A blended family is composed of a married couple with children from a previous marriage. There are many aspects to consider before becoming a blended family. Many people who enter into a blended family do not realize the many complications that can arise. Combined marriages cause families to develop serious issues.…
Glanton, Dahleen. “Rise in Single Mother Driven by Older Women.”Chicago Tribune. 17 Dec. 2006. Web. 11 July 2012.…
This compared to an average of 1.8 children in couple families with children under 15 years.…
The purpose of this bill is to prevent child abuse and neglect by increasing the knowledge of our youth with parenting skills and also to decrease child abuse and neglect in our communities. This bill is to provide the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), and our school districts with taxpayer’s funds and their own to provide programs for youth of child bearing age in parenting skills to help prevent child abuse and neglect.…
Many families, especially families with single parents, are struggling to maintain just the basic necessities. Forcing the parents to make tough decisions such as trying to find basic housing and how to put food on the table. Food choices that are inexpensive tend to all be convenient type options that are unhealthy and hard on families health. Unstable housing leaves no place for a child to truly call home and makes going to school even more trying by constantly uprooting kids to change schools and make new friends. All these factors put family life in an increasingly stressful situation. If the parents were together before this makes it even less likely that a marriage will be able to pull through, creating even more instability and stress for children and…
Raising children is a major job that takes time and patience. But imagine being a single parent, raising a child on your own. According to, Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support: 2007, released by the U.S. Census Bureau in November 2009, there are approximately 13.7 million single parents in the United States today ( that’s not including the individuals who didn’t participate). Those parents are responsible for raising 21.8 million children (approximately 26% of children under 21 in the U.S. today). Generally, I will illustrate the picture of the single-family and their corresponding struggles with daily life.…