Growing up in a Single Parent Family; A Determining factor of Adolescent’s Well-being

Abstract

Family is the backbone of all children and children are supposed to grow in a family setting where both mother and father plays their respective roles in providing them a sense of security and stability but when it is done single handedly it becomes quite difficult to perform up to the expectations. In recent years, there has been a sudden rise in the phenomenon of single parent families in India due to multiple factors including the influences from western society. The present article is an attempt to review the available literature on single parent families, their causal factors, strengths as well as its weaknesses. Furthermore, the positive and negative impact of single parenting on adolescent’s physical, psychological, emotional, behavioral, educational and social wellbeing is also discussed in detail. Besides, this paper suggests few strategies for single parents so that they can easily manage and cope up with the difficulties they face in such situations which might be helpful in improving the wellbeing of their adolescent children.

Experiences of single-parent children in the current Indian context

“…They also tend to develop the ability to manage their expectations and disappointments better and feel motivated to share their burden. [ 32 ]…”

“…Parents perform multiple culturally, socially, and biologically determined roles to ensure the development and well-being of their children. [ 1 ] Parental roles are mainly divided among both parents in dual-parent families (also known as intact families). Still, a breakdown in the family may lead to a different family structure altogether called a single-parent family.…”

How family structure influences middle-school students’ involvement in physical exercise and their academic achievement in China

“…The study also found that no statistically significant difference in AA existed between students in singlemother vs. dual-parent families after controlling for FSES, demonstrating the latter's importance to AA. Previous studies have shown that single-mother families are often poor and vulnerable due to the division of family property, labor market discrimination, shrinking social support, and an inadequate social security system (Gupta and Kashyap, 2020;Stack and Meredith, 2018;Damaske et al, 2017;Wu et al, 2016). Meanwhile, singleparent families in economic poverty cannot provide high-quality educational resources for their children, thereby affecting the latter's academic success (Zhang, 2020a(Zhang, , 2020b.…”

Utjecaj obiteljskog stanja na pojavljivanje anksioznosti kod djece i adolescenata

“…The absence of a mother or father disrupts the natural composition of the family and disturbs the natural state within it (Grandić & Dedaj, 2016, p. 143). Family is the fundamental social group, comprising of parents and their children (Gupta & Kashyap, 2020). From a pedagogical point of view, a functional family is a family that provides children with a proper physical, mental and emotional development (Grandić & Dedaj, 2016).…”

“…Family is the backbone of all children and children are supposed to grow in a family setting where both parents play their respective roles in providing them a sense of security and stability (Gupta & Kashyap, 2020). Life in a harmonious primary family is the right that belongs to all children (Čirjak, 2002).…”