Coming from a single-parent household can have positive effect on children but it depends on factors including personality types and parenting techniques. Cornell did a study that found positive single parenting did not show negative impacts on the social and educational development on the 12-and-13 year old participants. Children raised in single-parent families may exhibit strong responsibility skills because they often have to help out more with chores and tasks at home. Older children usually have a greater responsibility with helping out with their younger siblings than the ones in two parent households. They may also form close bonds with their parent and siblings because they are so closely dependent on each other as the kids are growing up. Relatives and family members who are helping to raise the children also form strong bonds with them so the kids get that support and love from an extended family.
Having a single-parent family does not always mean that children do not have contact or support from the other parent. Parents who are divorced but are both involved in their children’s lives can have a positive effect on kids. Knox found that children with single mothers who have contact and emotional support from their fathers tend to do better in school than children who have no contact with their fathers. Fathers who provide child support to the mothers reduce the financial stress that single-parents without child support have. Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth found that for every $100 of child support mothers receive, their children's standardized test scores increase by 1/8 to 7/10 of a point.
Having the love and support from both parents regardless of whether or not they live together is important to children as it influences their academic achievement and emotional health in positive ways.
Sources:
http://www.livestrong.com/article/83670-effects-single-parent-home-childs/
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