Behavior of Children Brought up by a Single Parent

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Behavior of Children Brought up by a Single Parent
Abstract
Single parenting has become an increasing trend both in the U.S and overseas. According to the U.S Bureau of statistics, 40% of births occur outside wedlock by the year 2007. This means that, approximately 1.7 million children were born to unmarried mothers. This translates to 250% higher number than that reported in 1980 (Alyssa 10). In Australia, in 2009, children under the age of 15 years found to be raised by single parents was approximately 19%. The gradual increase in single parenting has been a major concern and also part of government policy focus. Concerns have been raised about the implication of single Parenting on the children behavior as compared to the behavior of children raised by two parents, the wellbeing of the children as well as for the parents themselves. different myths which mainly focus on the negative behaviors portrayed by children raised by lone families have been put forward hence leading to the view that children form single parent families are wild, aggressive, perform poorly in school among other negative traits (Alyssa 9). However, this research may prove these myths wrong or right according to various scholarly articles and other researches that have been done globally.
Background Information
Being brought up by a father figure alone, Ashley never got to have a feeling of how it feels to have a mother by her side or a female figure to advise her while growing up. Ashley’s mum left when she was only 2 months old and all through her father was her mum and dad. However, being a working person, her father was always late to come home from work at times the dad would not attend Ashley’s school activities due to work meetings or even exhaustion. Due to this, Ashley’s dad employed a female nanny who was supposed to take care of Ashley. During adolescent, Ashley was left to take care of herself as her father decided she was mature to do so and hence no nanny’s to take care of her. With all the physical, mental and emotional change that comes with teenage hood, Ashley was left to figure out life by herself, as her father was always busy. The two never had time to talk about life, share what one is going through or even have fun together. In campus, Ashley disliked having female friends as she did not know how to relate with then and since all he had was a father figure, she struggled to fit in with other males but this time...