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Rev Njue: How to ace single parenting
A father holding his little daughter's hand in the backdrop of a sunset. Single parents can experience stress-related burnout.
What you need to know:
- Effects of a breakup and entry into a new relationship can bear severe repercussions including; low performances in school and poor peer relations.
- Sociologists suggest that single-parented children, often receive less effective parenting and discipline.
- Single parents report that the number of single parents who work full-time have less time and energy to monitor their children and discipline effectively.
Raising children can be difficult, under any circumstance. Without a partner, more is at stake.
As a single parent, you may have sole responsibility for all aspects of day-to-day child care. Single parents can experience stress-related burnout. If this situation is mishandled by the caregiver, behavioural problems are likely to arise. Research has shown that children from single-parent households have a higher risk of depression, lower esteem, a sense of hopelessness and juvenile delinquency. Effects of a breakup and entry into a new relationship can bear severe repercussions including; low performances in school and poor peer relations. Sociologists suggest that single-parented children, often receive less effective parenting and discipline. Single parents report that the number of single parents who work full-time have less time and energy to monitor their children and discipline effectively.
