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Sociological Effects of Single Parenting

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most cases not enough help. Gives the basic key perspectives as to the problems in raising children when there is only one breadwinner in the family. THE SINGLE  PARENT FAMILY Divorce expert Neil Kalter has counseled hundreds of adolescent and adult children from broken families and contends "there are very few who have anything good to say about  divorce" (Zinsmeister, 1997, p. 29). Inasmuch as they have not yet had the opportunity to become jaded with regard to relationships, children typically harbor a more traditional attitude toward  staying together. In their eyes, there is often no reason that they can see why their parents would all of a sudden want to break up the family, even  though the underlying current of hostility has usually been present for some time. "Parents and children may affect each others behavior and distress. This reciprocal relationship is particularly  apparent in single-parent families. To the extent that single parents and children depend on each other, the reciprocal relationship may be especially salient" (Cheung et al, 1997, 245). A  gross misconception that has worked its way into the very foundation of the family unit is that the high school or college student would be much better off if the  parents were to divorce when the time came that their relationship was no longer considered beneficial. "For many children, the emotional upheaval from a divorce results in behavioral problems,  failing grades or sleepless nights" (Coping with pain 1998, 44). Wade Horn, former commissioner of the U.S. Administration for Children, Youth, and Families, states that parents are unenlightened in  their thinking when it comes to the consequences of divorce. In his experience, he has had far more families take the easier route of dissolution than to put forth