Social Economic And Psychological Challenges Of Single Parent Family
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Social Economic And Psychological Challenges Of Single Parent Family
ABSTRACT
The study looked on the social, economic, and psychological issues faced by single-parent families in Ijebu-Ode Local Government Area, Ogun State. The study compared the severity of these difficulties among respondents in the study area.
The descriptive approach was used to acquire data. A sample of 147 people replied to a questionnaire. The collected data was evaluated using the statistical tools of Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Mean, and Standard Deviation.
According to the study, single parent households are prone to social abuses such as being looked down on, approached by any male, not being fit to appear at social gatherings, not being socially approved, and not wearing a joyful expression.
Again, the study demonstrated that raising children alone can be difficult, economically unstable, and lead to financial crises; but, they tend to attract greater kindness. Findings two revealed that only a few of them reside in ghettos.
However, the researcher urged that parents ensure that their children do not always experience the burden of separation. Single parents should not be looked down upon because they are an integral part of our society. Laws and procedures should be enacted and created to prohibit any man from approaching women rudely.
Chapter one
1.1 Background for the Study
In May 1992, Vice President Dan Quayle suggested that the collapse of the nuclear family was one of the causes of recent riots in Los Angeles, which killed over fifty people.
“I believe the lawless social anarchy which we saw is directly related to the breakdown of family structure, personal responsibility and social order in too many areas of our society,” according to Quayle.
He went on to criticise society’s more lax attitude towards out-of-wedlock childbearing, citing the portrayal of the topic in the television sitcom Murphy Brown. “It doesn’t help matters when prime time TV has Murphy Brown—a character who supposedly epitomises today’s intelligent, highly paid, professional woman—mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it just another ‘lifestyle choice.'”
Quayle’s remarks, particularly his reference to Murphy Brown, sparked an outpouring of reaction. Many Americans agreed with Quayle, expressing concern that the “traditional family” and “family values” were being destroyed by a public morality that too easily tolerated unwed motherhood and divorce.
Many people agreed with Quayle’s thesis that the media and popular culture were to fault for encouraging loose sexual standards and immoral behaviour.
Others objected to Quayle’s words. Some interpreted his remarks as a moralistic attack on single mothers and responded by noting that most single mothers work hard to provide for and nurture their children well. Others saw Quayle’s notion of the traditional family as nostalgic and idealistic, disconnected from the social and economic realities of modern America.
Candice Bergen’s character, Murphy Brown, reacted directly to Quayle in a subsequent episode of the show. In sentiments that will undoubtedly resonate with many Americans, she remarked
“Perhaps it’s time for the vice president to broaden his definition [of family] and recognise that whether by choice or circumstance, families come in all shapes and sizes.” In the end, devotion, compassion, and love are what truly define a family.
The intensity of the public reaction to Quayle’s speech implies that his remarks addressed a major concern for many people. Indeed, many critics have been concerned about the rise in single-parent families during the last four decades. They note that in 1960, 5.8 million American children lived in single-parent families; by 1996, that figure had increased to 18 million.
This expansion has been fuelled by the rising rate of out-of-wedlock births. In 1960, 5.3 percent of American kids were born to unwed mothers; today, that figure has risen to 30 percent. These figures are much higher for African Americans: in 1992, unmarried mothers gave birth to 68% of all African American newborns.
The increased divorce rate has also contributed to an increase in the number of single-parent families. Between 1960 and 1980, the divorce rate in the United States increased by approximately 250 percent, before plateauing at the highest rate in the industrialised world. It is often stated that approximately half of all marriages nowadays will end in divorce.
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