Effects Of Single Parenting On Education

It is mothers who have a positive impact and influence in the lives of their children. It does not make any difference whether they are single parents or not. A study on this aspect has found that in the case of a single parent it does not have any negative impact on the behavior or educational performance of the children especially those who are on the brink of being labeled adolescents.

The study says that what mattered most was the mother's education and her ability level and less importance was given to family income and quality of home environment. The study found consistent links between maternal attributes and a child's school performance and behavior.

It was earlier believed that children coming from single parent homes would not have spectacular performances in school and these children would have tremendous difficulty in completing their education successful. But all these theories have been negated by this recent study which shows that single parents exert a positive influence in the lives of their children especially when it comes to education.

The study goes on to show that the presence of favorable maternal characteristics like education and positive approach to child expectations have never been a risk factor when it comes to the child's performance in Mathematics, Reading or Vocabulary or even behavioral problems.

Past research has shown that children from single parent families tend to lead a less healthy lifestyle than children from normal families. The research also indicated that children growing up with single parents are more likely to drop out of school as the single parent would find it difficult to fund the child's expensive education. Child care is one of the major expenditures for a single parent. Providing housing, clothing, food and education has a major impact on a single parent's income.

But children who have been brought up with tender loving care and with the right parenting even if it is by a single parent has always had a positive influence on a child's behavior. This child of a single parent grows up responsibility and knows the value of education which the single parent is trying to provide with great difficulty. These children work hard and learn how to fund themselves with the help of scholarships and tuition fees etc.

Of course there are cases where the children of single parents have dropped out of schools but this far less in number. Most of the children of responsible single parents turn out into well developed adults in life.

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