Scour sources on the matter and you’ll discover legions of accounts detailing the sad, struggle-laden plight that is the fatherless child’s existence.
Studies also reflect the economic ramifications of a smaller family: single-parent households make up the majority of U.S. families that currently live in poverty, and the stats just keep rolling in.
More substance abuse among the kids of single mothers, increased levels of stress, elevated risk of insert every problem under the sun here.
As we tend to paint this particular familial dynamic with more heroism, i.e. “He’s a single dad taking care of his kid, what a good father. Look at the sacrifices he’s making,” and so on, this situation is not as often discussed, which is an indication that …show more content…
The sole problem with growing up fatherless is that so many have a deep preconceived notion of what this kind of family means and thus who it must mean to people around you.
Most importantly, what do all these assumptions have in common? They’re all things people say about women to bring up their children as a single mother; to attribute behaviour someone doesn’t like about a woman to an “explanation” they hope will provide their statements legitimacy. Which brings me to my next point: when did having divorced or separated parents become a way to degrade women? To suggest that they are somehow less than because something happened that was out of their …show more content…
He also played lava monster with his mom for hours after school in the playground, tackling structure after structure without touching the ground. He spent time with his neighbours when his mom was away to working. Again, did a lot of homework; excelled in spelling and struggled in math. He travelled a lot to visit his grandparents, some to visit his father, and when they moved from Alaska to California at age eight, he made a bunch of new friends. As a whole, it was the exact experience any other child would have had and it was a whole lot of obliviousness that he has in a different situation than any other kid, because they had everything that they needed.
What onlookers fail to consider is that the situation under which two human beings raise a child is perhaps the most perfect of all settings. Thus when they make the difficult and painful decision to separate, it is because they know it’s what’s best for the child in question. If nothing else, this requires strength and independence: two qualities all children should they see in their most inherent role