Essays on Single Parent Families

A single parent as per Hetherington (2014), is an uncoupled person who spends most of the days’ responsibilities raising a child or children. The term can also be used to refer to a person who is unmarried, widowed or divorced but has a dependent child or children. The primary caregiver of a single family structure is the mother. Single parent structures are as a result of calamities such as death of the partner, divorce, or unplanned pregnancy. Currently in the United states single dads make approximately of 6% of the entire households while single mums make up approximately a ...

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The USA is now witnessing one of the highest income disparities in its history. Rich people are getting richer while poor people are getting poorer. One of the main challenges for the government is to ensure more equitable wealth distribution among the population. One of the most discussed techniques in recent years is “minimum wage”. Minimum wage in the USA is currently $7.25 per hour and a multi-year long debate between the Republicans and Democrats is going on upon the issue of increasing the minimum wage to $10.10 (Peters). This has become a major issue of political tussle between ...

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The quantity of single-parent studies have increased over the years, with the researchers investigating each aspect of this phenomenon from different points of view. Despite the fact that the theme is not new and there were a lot of aspects analyzed throughout the years, the academics still pay attention to this issue, as the family tends to develop with the society changing the discourse of the problem. Usdansky (2008) dedicated his research to the prevalence of single-parent studies written in a specific period of time. According to the researcher’s estimations, the attention to this area has boosted disproportionately, ...

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Description of the topic and question Physical violence can be described as intentionally using physical power or force, either by threat or act, on oneself or other people in a way that causes psychological harm, injuries, death or developmental deprivation, disturbance and disruption. Child abuse is defined as omissions or acts that are perpetrated with the intention of causing harm to the victims. The harm inflicted is the ultimate goal of physical violence (Newfoundland Labrador, 2015). Manifestations of physical violence against children range from corporal punishment to degrading or cruel treatment offered by family members, parents or other people ...

In fact, there are considerable differences in physical activity, emotions, interests, perception between men and women. Numerous scientists have explored and discussed if these differences are conditioned by social factors or biology. To make it clear, some think that it is biology that defines human behavior, tastes, skills etc.; others adhere to the opinion that society is a more influential impact on formation of behavior. In other words, socially created features of men and women are called "gender", "sex" is determined by biology. Unfortunately, nowadays it is possible to see numerous mistakes and discrepancies concerning the use of both ...