has anyone noticed the increase in single parents and children only knowing a step-parent as father or mother?
I have a 16month old son who I am raising alone with the help of my parents due to abandonment by the father. For his own "up-bringing" reasons, age, and immaturity cannot handle this task. I have always felt an immense amount of pain knowing someday my son will ask for him, and i in return have nothing prepared to say. Anyway, i’m in nursing school and volunteered at an elementary clinic. As i looked through the contacts, i was surprised to see so many children with only the mother as contact, and sometimes even only a father. Half of these children lived in a single home, or with a step father, whom they now call dad. I was expecting to see depressed, sad, children. How affected are children by not having a father or mother ? Or dealing with a step-parent. I myself am fortunate to have both, but now i want to know what’s it like for those who were not raised with a father or mother. Did it make you stronger? insecure? How did your mother/father explain this to you as a child. thanks. i have been stressing so much and been depressed over this for so long, sometimes even blaming myself. But now i see that i am not alone!
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Have you noticed that over the past 50 years the increase of the earth’s population. I was "raised" by both of my parents, mine remained in a miserable marriage by choice. There really is nothing to "explain". Other than families come in all shapes and sizes. Some have two mothers some have two fathers. Some kids are raised by grandparents or aunts and uncles. Other kids are being raised by their older siblings. Some kids have step parents some kid’s biological parents are still together. Some kids are in foster care, some kids have been adopted. And as the planet fills up more and more there will be more and more children in this situation.
don’t blame yourself, it’s not your fault that his father is irresponsible and selfish.
Children need positive role models in both females and males. This is what you need to find for your child, the more the merrier. As long as he has good male role models to help him become a man he will handle not having a father.