1Associate Professor, VIIT, Baramati, India (Affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India)
There are serious problems faced by Single Parents. Such parents are virtual reality due to competitive, harsh and unemotional aspects of the social system.
It is an obvious off-shoot of marriage failures and unstable family. The nuclear families and unstable or short-lived marriages, unfortunate death of one of the parents are few of the causes.
The multifaceted impacts are on both the parent himself/herself and the child/children being raised.
The no of divorce cases, sudden deaths of one of the parents are increasing, resulting in either of the parent nurturing his/her child all alone. Solutions are needed to normalize the complex set of working conditions and social aids.
Researcher has conducted a pilot study. The literature available online is providing insight of the problems faced by single parents worldwide. Especially, in USA and UK. There are efforts undertaken to mitigate the issues arising out of such complexities.
Significance: Focus is on an untouched area of social dilemma faced by the single parents.
Objectives:
To understand the meaning and implications of the term “Single Parent.”
To explore causes of being a Single Parent.
To ascertain the complexities of the parent vis-à-vis the work place and home front.
Single Parent, Complexities, Nuclear families, Multifaceted, Raising a child
