Single Parent Pros And Cons

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Once, there was a girl named Petra, she got pregnant at an early age and became a single parent, she has been criticized by the society because of being a single parent. Is it wrong to be a single parent? Do people really need to have a partner in order to sustain the child and make the child grow into a better person? Some people might say yes to those questions, but they must understand that being a single parent can be better than having a wife or a husband to take care of a child. Being a single parent can even have its own benefits: Single parents can have more time for their child, work harder for their child, and even teach more values to their child. Being a single parent is beneficial because, single parent can have more time …show more content…

Also according to (Rodriguez, 2011), Sherlyn then said that she feels satisfied seeing her daughter grow with values that she wants her to have, she said that It’s so flattering to hear from other people praising her daughter and say how she raised her daughter well, she said she maybe had a hard time on figuring what to do at first but then with the result of seeing her daughter grow with all the values that she want her to have, she was then so proud to be a single parent. There is this organization called 4P’s that organized and required single parents to attend this family Development Session, where they will be taught on how to be effective in parenting, how to be able to know about developing the child’s personalities, how to understand the situation, also on how to deal with home management. FDS also oriented the parents about their rights of being a single parent and its obligation for their children and how to develop the values for their children (Duterte, N. D). So, even there are many critics for being a single parent which other say is very difficult and say that single parents can’t sustain the needs and wants for their children, well based on my researches single parents can be very effective towards developing their children’s personalities, to be able to know and apply all the values they can learn from their parents even when they’re single

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