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What positive affects have come from single parenting on the family institution? Because single parenting is so hard, the parent is forced to get the job.

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1 What positive affects have come from single parenting on the family institution? Because single parenting is so hard, the parent is forced to get the job done!Because single parenting is so hard, the parent is forced to get the job done! Single parents are more determined to raise their children than those in a nuclear familySingle parents are more determined to raise their children than those in a nuclear family - In the nuclear family sometimes one parent may not pull their own weight causing a bad influence on the kids Single Parents are often more caring because there isnt a second role modelSingle Parents are often more caring because there isnt a second role model

2 What negative affects have come from single parenting on the family institution? Single parent children often lack respectable role models Single parent children often lack respectable role models Single parent children often are neglectedSingle parent children often are neglected Single parent children are often faced with more stress, depression, and abuseSingle parent children are often faced with more stress, depression, and abuse Those children with single parents are more likely to do poorly in school and have peer relation problemsThose children with single parents are more likely to do poorly in school and have peer relation problems There is a direct correlation between single parenting and children who do drugs, crime, and other illegal behaviorThere is a direct correlation between single parenting and children who do drugs, crime, and other illegal behavior

3 What changes have come from single parenting in the family institution? The Nuclear Family with the breadwinner/homemaker scenario seems to have disappearedThe Nuclear Family with the breadwinner/homemaker scenario seems to have disappeared Single families have become more and more common as more than 30% of families have a single parent.Single families have become more and more common as more than 30% of families have a single parent. A lot of public aide has been given to families in poverty and many of those families in poverty are single parentsA lot of public aide has been given to families in poverty and many of those families in poverty are single parents There has been an increase in government funded programs to help single parents get out of povertyThere has been an increase in government funded programs to help single parents get out of poverty -Such programs include:Welfare to Work, Medicare, and Social Security

4 Predictions for single parenting and the future of the American Family Divorce rates are at a steady rate so single parenting will stay at a steady rateDivorce rates are at a steady rate so single parenting will stay at a steady rate The attitude of family values has changed and is always changingThe attitude of family values has changed and is always changing Out of wedlock births has been on a rise and there is a strong correlation between single parents and out of wedlock birthsOut of wedlock births has been on a rise and there is a strong correlation between single parents and out of wedlock births Lately it has been a lot easier to get a divorce than in past yearsLately it has been a lot easier to get a divorce than in past years


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