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SINGLE PARENTING IMPLICATIONSItalic text

The phenomenon of single parenthood is beyond social, racial, economic and educational accomplishment also is impossible to ignore the increasing tendency to being a single parent. This trend has possibly made the population more tolerant and accepted this new type of family group. In United States during the last two decades has increased more than 100% the number of female-headed families. This growing trend has triggered other complications such us economic status and community mental health. Economic studies reported that female-headed families are counted in the group of high growth of poverty in the population. (Blau, 1979) However, other health studies report that a large number of single mothers and their children experience high levels of psychological-distress; this makes this group the biggest users of community mental health than members of two parents household. So there is no doubt the close relationship between this social phenomenon of single mothers and the increase of poverty and health mental implications in this group.

Another factor is the high rate of divorces has increased, therefore the percentage of single parenting increasing as well. The extent poverty in this specific group is mainly due to lack of work skills, lack of purchasing power, and inadequate child care service consequently single parenting‘s poverty has become a major social problem. Due to this fact it will works better if both parents share the parenting and child support, thinking not only in individual welfare but also to avoid further conflicts involving family breakdown.

Single parents also involve other circumstances, such as death of one partner, divorce, teenagers who become parents for having casual sex or are forced to, rape, women who are financially independent, or parents who abandon their partner and children abuse by one spouse, these events have forced men and women to take another role as single parents, who often are not willing to share any responsibility with their ex-partner trying to break all emotional link  also due to the existence of a new emotional partner. As a result of this social change is important that all policies adjusted to give support to this new type of family.

Because of notable changes in family’s composition another area that has been affected as a result of the increase of single parenting, it is the development of emotional disorders in the parent in charge of all the responsibility for the children also psychological disorders in infants such as, self-esteem, sense of mastery, life stress as well. Possibly as a result of this situation increases the risks of cultural and emotional disorders such as parenting dysfunction and substance abuse.

Many children and families recover from the initial shock of divorce, and begin to face the new challenges, conflicts and perhaps adversity that await them in the following years. Many conflicts show in development, other times manifest long isolation and silence, these effects are not only own after the divorce, but possibly be present for a while. All these feelings are inevitable part of a process that can help strengthen rather than cause more stress among members of a broken family. These past experiences of coping with transition rules can alter the course of adaptation to multiple regulations to the multiple normative tasks of adolescence either facilitation or detrimental ways.

Finally is important to note that being a single parent is a reality, then should be implemented more and better technical support for single parenting and also teach social skills to infants to promote better development in both the family and social environment.

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