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Growing Up in a Single Parent Home

            Children growing up in a single parent family have always been viewed as "different.
             nt seems impossible to many yet over the decades it has become more prevalent. In today's society many children have grown up.
             to become emotionally stable and successful whether they had one or two parents to show them the rocky path that life bestows upon all human beings. The problem lies in the difference of children raised by single parent is versus children raised by both a mother and a father. Does a child need both parents? Does a young boy need a father figure present? Does the government provide help for single parents? What role do step-parents and step-siblings play? With much speculation, this topic has become a very intriguing argument. .
             What people must understand is that properly raising a child does not rely on the structure of a family but should be more.
             focused on the process or values that are taught to these children as they learn to mature. Children of single parents can be just as.
             progressive with emotional, social and behavioral skills as those with two parents. People claim that the only way for children to gain full emotional and behavioral skills is to be raised by both a mother and a father. When a topic such as this one has a broad amount of variables it is impossible to simply link these problems to only having one parent. .
             In the article, "Single-parent families cause juvenile crime", author Robert L. Maginnis states, "Children from single-parent.
             families are more likely to have behavior problems because they tend to lack economic security and adequate time with parents".
             The simple statement that raw criminals are products of single-parent adolescence is absurd. What this writer must understand is.
             that it can be extremely difficult for one parent to raise a child by themselves for many reasons. A single-parent must work full.
             time to be able to afford to provide for themselves and their child.


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