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The chapter reviews literature on single parenting and its effects. Single parenting is increasing due to factors like death of a parent or out-of-wedlock births. Studies find that children from single parent homes are more likely to suffer mental health issues, lower academic performance, and behavioral problems compared to children from two-parent homes. Losing a parent at a young age can also have long-term emotional consequences. Both single parents and their children would benefit from more community and school support.

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CHAPTER II Practical

The chapter reviews literature on single parenting and its effects. Single parenting is increasing due to factors like death of a parent or out-of-wedlock births. Studies find that children from single parent homes are more likely to suffer mental health issues, lower academic performance, and behavioral problems compared to children from two-parent homes. Losing a parent at a young age can also have long-term emotional consequences. Both single parents and their children would benefit from more community and school support.

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CHAPTER II

REVIEW LITERATURE: SYNYTHESIS


The chapter present the conceptual and research literature. Accumulate of
research conducted by local and foreign authors closely related to the present study.
They formed and provided information that helped the researchers to conceptualize the
framework necessary in this study.
Related Literature
Parents carry a vital role in molding their children overall their
characteristics. Parent is to provide encouragement, support, and access to activities
that enable the child to master key developmental tasks. A parent is their child's first
teacher and should remain their best teacher throughout life. According to M.F. Nimkoff
he says that “Family is a more or less durable association of husband and wife with or
without child, or of a man or women alone, with children. Due to urbanization and
modernization the nuclear family came into existence. Further, a single parenting family
has increased greatly in recent year. The number of single parent family has increased
greatly in recent years. These are the reason it can be result of death of a parent, out-
of-wedlock birth, court appointed guardianship, or other factors that single parent is
totally responsible for the rearing of the children.
According to Funmilayo Oriyomi (2011), a communicator, “The effect of single
parenting are far reaching because it does not only affect the parents, it also affects the
children. In fact, the effects are more devastating on the part of the children because
single parenthood leaves them with deep scars. Being a single parent is a very tough
and challenging task.
According to 2012 U.S. Census Bureau information, the number of children reared
in single-parent households continues to rise. Children with two parents in the home --
earning two incomes -- tend to have better financial and educational advantages. The
effects of a single-parent home on a child’s behavior can be far-reaching and impact
several areas of life, including academic achievement and social behaviors.
Volume IV, Issue XII, December 2015, Dr.Jyothi H P stated that behavioural
problems have begun to increase mainly due to broken homes, scattered relationship,
numerous major changes in life, and a lack of basic securely. Children who are raised in
households with only one parent are more likely to suffer health problems, such a
mental illness and suicide risk, than children raised by two parents. Children with single
parent families are more prone to anxiety disorders and mood disorders especially
depression. Antisocial behaviour like drug addiction and alcoholism are seen quite often
in the child-especially male. Similarly lack of self-confidence is another characteristics
found. If life does not move the way they want, they find to be stressful. These children
find to be more possessive and self-centred. If the child is a female she is more likely to
be a dependent personality. Similarly they will be more sensitive to events and this
indeed increases this stress.
Based on attachment theory came from Remeo Vitelli Ph.D (February 4,2018),
researchers suggest that children dealing with prolonged grief from losing a parent are
vulnerable to long-term emotional problems due to their failure to resolve their sense of
loss. This can include being prone to symptoms of depression, being more anxious and
withdrawn, showing more problems in school, and poorer academic performance than
non-bereaved children. The researchers also found some surprising results when
looking at gender of the deceased parent.One factor that did seem to play a role in later
relationships involved the cause of a parent's death. Psychologist John Bowlby referred
to this process as "attachment reorganization" and children who are unable to form new
attachments typically develop later problems as result. As we can see from studies such
as this one, losing a parent at an early age can have long term consequences that
cannot be ignored. This is why family counselling can be so important after a parent's
death, especially if the loss is unexpected or traumatic such as with suicide or violent
death. Given that an estimated five percent of all children in Western countries
experience parental loss before the end of their teenage years, the need for effective
treatment programs to help bereaved children and their parents cannot be
underestimated. As the work of Hoeg et al and other research studies show, the long-
term consequences of losing a parent at a young age can persist well into adulthood.

Related Study
From the results of the study, we can say that single parents with school children are
facing a lot of struggles and that there is only limited support for these struggling
parents from the community and school. Children in single-parent families are at greater
risk of performing poorly at school than children in other types of families. Even when
they have the same academic abilities, children in single-parent families are three times
more likely to drop out of high school than children from two-parent families (Rani,
2006). The school also lacks support and considerations for single parents and their
children especially at times when the children cannot go to school due to problems at
home. Single parenting is not the sole predictor of academic failure for children. There
are many risk and protective factors that interplay to encourage a child’s academic
success or contribute to a child’s poor school performance. Regardless of family type,
parents should stay involved with their children’s education from elementary school
through high school and beyond to help them maximize their academic achievement
(The Black Family Initiative, 2014).
Based on the finding of this study, we can also assert that single parents need more
support from the community where they belong and from the schools their children are
enrolled. Both the single parents and their school children must be given assistance and
support. Parent support acts as a protective factor countering some of the risk factors
these children encounter (The Black Family Initiative, 2014).
Based on the study students, who were raised by a single parent, showed higher levels
of aggression-hyperactivity, anxiety, depression, antisocial behaviors, and attention
deficit and hyperactivity disorder. In addition, findings indicated significant gender
difference between boys and girls; in another words, girls showed higher levels of
anxiety, depression, and attention deficit disorder. Children experience more behavior
problems in sngle-parent families - in which father is not present or cannot manage the
family due to physical or mental disorder ( Motamedi Sharak Frazaneh, 2016).
Synthesis
In the study M.F Nimoff discuss the increasing single parent the reason are there
partner are prone to deceased and death. Funmilayo Oriyomi (2011), The effect of
single parenting are far reaching because it does not only affect the parents, it also
affects the children Dr.Jyothi H P stated that children who are raised in households with
only one parent are more likely to suffer health problems. Remeo Vitelli Ph.D discuss
that children dealing with prolonged grief from losing a parent are vulnerable to long-
term emotional problems due to their failure to resolve their sense of loss.This can
include being prone to symptoms of depression, being more anxious and withdrawn,
showing more problems in school, and poorer academic performance than non-
bereaved children.The Black Family Initiative, 2014 based on the finding of this study
single parents need more support from the community where they belong and from the
schools their children are enrolled. Motamedi Sharak Frazaneh, 2016 single parent,
showed higher levels of aggression-hyperactivity, anxiety, depression, antisocial
behaviors, and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder

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