Single Parents

Think of your children before separation. Do you know what effect is going to cause
them to know their parents do not want to be together no more? Lerner states that Essentially,
some children from single-parent families have been reported to have increased emotional and
adjustment difficulties, and academic and school behavior problems (Lerner). Children are
going to struggle through life and have problems if they do not have their two parents with them.
Nothing is going to be the same for the children if their parents get divers. Lerner says, The
number of single parents have increased a lot since the past years. According to data published
by the United States Bureau of the Census, families headed by single mothers increased by seven
million between 1970 and 2003. Single father-headed families increased from less than five
hundred thousand to more than two million during the same time period (Lerner). This means
the number of single parents each year keep going up. Parents are not thinking of the problems,
sadness, pain, and future problems they are going to cause their children when they get divorce.
People should not make the choice to be single parents because divorce takes children happiness
away, kids are going to face problems when they grow up because their parents get divorced, and
the number of single parents have increased a lot since the past years.
Divers takes children happiness away. According to Sobrina Broadbent, While not wanting to
deny the sadness and pain my children felt, and sometimes still feel, about their parents'
separation, my 17- and 15-year-old happen to be two of the sanest and most positive people I
know (Broadbent). This shows that when parents get divorced it causes a big effect on the
children. Family comes first before anything else. Children do not deserve to suffer because the
parents do not want to be together no more. If they did not want to be together for the rest of
their life they should have think before having children together.

Children without the two parents are not going to be happy in life. The author said,
Historically speaking, the family came before the community, before the state, and before the
nation. Divorce strikes a cruel blow at the happiness of childhood, and inflicts an unmerited
reproach upon little ones who were called into the world by fathers and mothers whose self-will
no longer permits them to live together in peace (Lerner). It states that if children are brought to
this world by both parents than they need to be together because if they separate it is going to
cause a lot of pain to the kids.
Divorce cause pain to the Children. The author says, Whichever gains the day, the father
or the mother, the children have thrust upon them far too early the grief and pain which belongs
only to maturity. Sensitive children suffer acutely in such circumstances (Lerner). This shows
that kids are not capable to face separation at such early age, because it cause a lot of pain and
efectos them in life. This is why parents should not get divers they should think before having
kids. If you do not plan to stay together you should think before bring kids to the world. Because
kids are made to have to parents, that is how they are brought to this world. And why cause pain
to innocent children that need both parents to be happy and have a good life.
Children going to face problems when they grow up because their parents get divorce.
The author Stephen Lunn says, Women who had been through divorce as children tended to
have their own children younger, with 13 per cent having their first child as a teenager compared
with 7 per cent for those women whose parents stayed together (Lunn). It states that it cause an
effect on kids when parents get divorced. Giving the children 13% probability of getting
pregnant when they are teenagers compared to 7% of the parents that do stay together (Lunn).
The number of teenagers that have kids at a young age whose parents got separated is twice as
the number of the teenagers whose parents stayed together.

The problems children have when they grow up because their parents got divorced. The
author Stephen Lunn states, CHILDREN from broken homes have a tougher time finishing
school and finding a job, and their incomes as adults are an average 8 per cent lower than those
whose parents stay together (Lunn).This demonstrates that children have serious problems when
their parents do not stay together. It cause the children a big effect now and later in life especially
when they get older. The children going to have hard time finishing school and it affects them
later on by having difficult time finding a job 8 per cent lower income of these who parents do
stay together. Which means they are not going to be able to take care of their family by their self.
Children face the same effect of divorce as parents when they grow up. The author
Stephen Lunn states that The study showed about one in four people aged 18-34 experienced
divorce or permanent separation of their parents while they were children. As the divorce rate has
stabilised in recent decades, today's children face the same odds (Lunn). This demonstrates that
children are going to face the same odd of separation because their parents do it so they think it
is alright to do it to. That is not good because the kids are going to face the same odd to get
separated. And the number of separated parents keep going up

The number of single parents have increased a lot since the past years. The author states
that, According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of single-parent families more than
tripled between 1970 and 2000, when 28 percent of all children lived in single-parent
households. This increase is due partly to an increase in the divorce rate and partly to a large
increase in births to unmarried women (Macmillan). This demonstrates that the number of
single parents have more than tripled since 1970. Now a day people are just having kids with
someone and then decide to not take care of the kids together. Later in life kids are going to face

problems because parents decide to get divorced. That is why the number of single parents keep
getting higher each year. Graph 1 below shows the number of single parents from 1970 through
2014.

The number of single parents has gone up because parents decided to be single parents.
The author says, A significant subgroup of single parents, particularly single mothers, report
having made a deliberate decision to parent alone. Some state that they chose to adopt singly,
others say that they opted to have a biological child without marriage, or became pregnant
unexpectedly and decided to continue the pregnancy and raise the resulting child alone (Lerner).
It is apparent that the parents prefer to be single parents and they want to raise their kids by their
self. They should think the children is better in life and happier having two parents in their life.

The decision parents are making to raise kids on their own it cause the number of single parents
to keep going up instead of stopping it.
Number of single parents is going up and causing problem. The author states that, The
increase in the number of single parents has meant that the number of children with no employed
parent has remained stable, despite more than a decade of sustained economic growth
(Australian). This means that the number of unemployed parents has remained the same. If the
parents stayed together they would not have that problem they would have their partner help
them take care of their kids together. Parents that stay together benefits them and makes the kids
happy to have two parents by their side.
Many other sources, however, argue that a person can be a single parent and do
everything their child need by there self. Writer Broadbent, Sabrina argues, I asked each person
standing to say one thing that would counter the article's litany of gloom about single parents. A
sea of hands rose. 'My mum is my role modelshe works, she takes us to the cinema'; 'My dad
makes me really proud. He cooks and helps with my homework'; 'It's easier since my parents
separated (Broadbent). What this argument does not take into account is that now that the two
parents are separated it is more work for the parent. Before the parents lived together and both
helped each other out . Now they do not share the same responsibilities and they have to work
more being a single parent. The children say it is better now that the parents are not together but
do they really mean it? Deep inside they miss having there two parents together. It is always
better and easier having two parents not just one.
Other people go as far as saying that parents should not stay together because of their
children because at the end when the children grow up they leave and you stay lonely. But that is
the cycle of life nothing is for ever. Bradbent argues, The staying-together-for-the-children

scenario is more desperate if one of the parents has put their career on hold in order to raise the
children, only to find that in their 50s they are unemployed and alone in an empty house
(Broadbent). What the author says seems convincing at first, but when you think about it, you do
not need to put your career aside just because you have children. A children is not a reason to
give up on your dreams and career. A children is the reason you should not stop and make you
want to because a better person in life.
Some people believe that one parent is better than two. The other Broadbent make
people think that it is true because when it is only the parent with the kids they have the whole
time for their kids; compared to when the parent has a partner they need to share the time with
their kids and their partner. The author Broadbent states, They told of the renewal that divorce
can bring, of positive parenting behaviours where there is closeness, listening, availability and
support (Broadbent). What this argument does not take into account is that The children always
want the parents to be together. Having the two parents together it is better because when the
children need help or have a problem the two parents are going to be there to help them.
Logically speaking it is better having two person love you and being with you than one.
Adults should think of their children before getting divorced. They should think of the
outcome of their children behavior because of divorce. Sometimes couples have arguments but
that is not a reason to get device. Because no capole is perfect there is always arguments but
when the argument is over the couple are happy again. First think of your children what they are
going to feel to no longer have both of their parents by their side. The children no longer will be
the same without their two parents. And it is ridiculous how the number of single parents keep
increasing each year. Take a second before getting divorced and think of the pain, problems,

effects, and how your kids are going to act when you get divorced nothing will be the same for
that poor innocent children that was brought to this world by two people not just no.
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