be anywhere from $160,000 to $237,000. Even though this enormous amount of wealth is an expansion throughout seventeen years, many single parents are not able to afford
this financial responsibility. When raising a child, society social norm usually expects the mother to
stay at home and take unconditional care for the child. Yet, if one was to be a
single parent, he or she would also be most likely be the breadwinner of the household in order to support the
family. During challenging and crucial situations like these, the parents would have to depend on other sources in order to
care for their children. It would usually be another family member and sometimes it would
be an outside source like daycare program and babysitting services.
Understanding these acrid facts of reality, the parent may feel extremely blameworthy for having to send
the child away during the day. Furthermore, the parent may also feel even worse when he or she possesses
no available time for the child at the end of the day due to extended work hours, fatigue, and
intensity. The same agonizing daily process would repeat itself, and eventually the child and the parent
will possibly be involved in a broken relationship from the lack of communication. This unsatisfying conclusion is not
because of poor parenting, but because life constrains them in that undesirable situation. If anything could
have been done to prevent it, the parent should have never decided to have the child until
he or she were mentally and financially ready.
Single parenthood could be the most exhilarating experience, but it could also be
afflicting and antagonistic simultaneously as well. It is significant that a child has someone to look up to and guide his or her way
throughout life, which is usually the parent’s job. But if the parent was not capable of physically being there,
he or she would often miss the most exciting and colorful parts of their child’s life. This is why it is
critical to have both the mother and the father
to raise a child together. Even though some may disagree that claim and there may be
exceptions to that rule, but in general, parenthood is best achieved with both a mother and a
father involved. Here in America, single parent families are almost a norm, along with the excessive
divorce rates, and a decline in developing children and adolescence. Nowadays, the word “family”
is so far stretched apart making it sound almost futile in our society. Hopefully our
methods of raising a child will adjust more positively within the near future, and not lead the innocent ones into a dramatic crisis, along with
our perception of family.
