Being A Single Parent Or Not - 1456 Words

What do you think of when you hear the word family? Webster dictionary defines a family as a group of people who are related to each other, a group traditionally consisting of two parents rearing their children, a spouse and children. This definition is now challenged, as the years have gone on the way we think and picture a family has changed. It is no longer a married stay at home mom and bread earning dad with their little son and daughter. Now a family can be a single mom, a single dad, a same sex couple or a separated or divorced mother and father with their biological or adopted child or children. Over the years the percentage of single fathers has only been increasing. As the numbers have grew so have the attention this topic has†¦show more content†¦They just need someone to cuddle with, to give then support and unconditional love and to give them that two parents aren’t required, one does the job just as well. There are families with TWO parents whose child i s neglected or mistreated and that is a fact, that should be a wakeup call that even a family in which the child has a mom and a dad isn’t a picture perfect as the people who believe that single men shouldn’t become single parents believe. AdoptUsKids which is a federal program that promotes the adoption of children that are in foster care, director said â€Å"We’re coming to believe single men can do just as well as anyone.† Many people believe that a child coming from a one parent household face a higher risk of problems such as substance abuse and behavioral issues than child that come from a two parent household and face more obstacles in life. Which is where Ellen Kahn the director of the family project at the Human Rights Campaign a gays-right group comes in saying â€Å"studies show that kids raised by gay and single parents do just as well socially and academically as those raised by heterosexuals and two parents.† Until the 1970s women were the ones that were in charge of child care, you wouldn’t see men out shopping for baby food or pushing strollers because it would threaten their â€Å"masculinity†, as where now a days it not only common but expect. Sociologists aren’t surprised more men are choosing to be single parents seeing as they are now coming