A child can be raised with only one parent?

Question

Sure!
They can also be raised with only one pair of clothes.
They can also be raised on junk food and soda.
They can also be raised in a cardboard box
They can also be raised to not know a thing about hygiene

Yes people a child can be brought up in just about any manor.
But that dosent make it healthy does it?

And I understand that there could be a deadbeat mom or dad which leads to a single parent, but why would you get pregnant with someone like that anyways? People don't think before they spread thier legs.

Answer 1

Nature demands love from both parents fro a health minded, well adjusted child to grow and develop with least amount of social disorders.

The female can not give what nature demands of the male and the male cannot give what nature demands of the female.

It takes man and woman to bring the child into this world, neither can do it alone, neither can two males OR two females.

Answer 2

Yes, a child can definately be raised by only one parent and they can turn out just fine. All they need is love, that pair of clothes, food, soda, a cardboard box to play with, some information on personal hygiene oh and some discipline. Whether it's a healthy relationship to me is irrelevate because it's so common these days that so many have to deal with it...but as in any situation, you have to make the best of it. It's not a handicap to be brought up with one parent, yes, it has it's downfalls, but it doesn't make your or break you as long as you handle it appropriately but i do recommend, if possible, that the only parent be in the child's life and if they can't, well that's ok, just raise your child the best way you can. It's ok to be mom and dad sometimes as long as your there when they need you.

Answer 3

So, it's better for a child's parents to stay together if they no longer love each other, fight all the time, etc. Yeah, that makes it healthy for the child. I know a lot of families where the children are much better off now that their parents aren't together anymore. In many cases, they were miserable before their parents got divorced because of all of the tension in the home and they're doing MUCH better now. I can also give a number of examples of parents staying together "for the sake of the children". Everyone around them knows that the children would be much better off if their parents just stopped kidding themselves and split up because the children know what's going on (kids aren't stupid!) and it affects them in more ways than you know when they're dealing with that kind of home environment. Also, just because a child's parents aren't together anymore doesn't mean that they're not being raised by two parents. I know a number of examples of parents splitting up where both parents share custody. I don't know that this is the norm, but it does exist.

What about cases where the woman is being abused? She should stay with the guy just so the children can be raised by two parents? I don't think so!!! That would do SO much more damage than the woman leaving with the kids. Leaving would show the kids that that's not how a relationship should be.

How about cases where one spouse dies? The widow/er should go out and immediately find a spouse so the children can be raised by two people? I don't think so...

I can think of a number of other examples of children being raised by one parent being healthier or at least as healthy as being raised by two parents. But I'm not going to waste my time since your mind seems to be so made up...

Answer 4

Little girl,

I don't know where you got all these thoughts from but you need to think again.

For one, there is no way you can really tell if a person is going to be a deadbeat unless they have done it before.

For another thing: WHO THE HELL ARE YOU TO BE JUDGING PEOPLE?

If a person isn't asking YOU to help them take care of their child then you should shut the hell up and mind you own damn business.

The thing about most single parents are that they work twice as hard to make sure you have all the things that you would have if two people were providing for you. We work harder to make sure that you become something positive so IGNORANT people as yourself can kiss their behinds.

The sad part is that you probably have 2 parents in your house and they still haven't taught you anything about IGNORANCE.

What goes around comes around. I say that because you never know; you're passing judgment on being a single parent and how do you know it's not in your future?

Grow up little, girl. You have a lot of learning to do.

Answer 5

A good 2 parent family is ideal, but sometimes you don't have any choice.

Are widows supposed to run out and get married so the child has 2 parents?
Are women who are abused supposed to stay so that the child will have 2 parents - is that more important than being safe and not beat up or killed?

Sometimes it is much healthier to have 1 parent than 2 even tho' it isn't an ideal situation. I've been a single parent for a long time, and my children are better off now than they were when my ex was here being abusive.

Answer 6

I've been raised by one parent (with an income below the national poverty line), who is in fact my grandmother.

I'm 16 now...going into senior year, and I'm doing much better than most people my age (I live in an affluent, middle to middle-upper class area). Sure it's been much harder for me than it has been for many kids I grew up around, but it's taught me many lessons that most people don't learn till later on in life.

There's no magic formula for how to raise a child. Really, there is only so much parents can do for their children. A child's success does have to do with their upbringing, but it also has to do with their own character. I mean, just because someone comes from a "nuclear family" does not mean that they're any happier or any more successful.

If you think I'm some extreme exception to others in my situation, then look again. Many kids manage to do fine in single parent households.

Answer 7

A child can be raised with just one parent just fine. Not healthy? How about a child being raised by two crack addicted parents or two parents who could care less about them it doesn't matter how many parents you have what matter is that the one/two you have are able to raise you in a healthy environment. Sometimes people don't think and have babies by losers but that don't mean they have to stay with them if its better for the child for the parent to be single than so be it..........

Answer 8

I think that may be alittle harsh. lots of people think before they open their legs but no matter what people tell you, no matter how prepared someone thinks he/ she is nobody truly knows how hard it is to be a partent untill it happens and your going through it. And not very many people know that their partner may turn into a tottally different person once pregnancy is in the picture. iv been lied to lots in my lifetime im just blessed to still be with the father of my children. But it may be kind of healthy for children to have one parent because some parents stay together for the sake of their children, yet cant seem to get along- just teach their children to be mean to the people they should hold the ut most respect for. so in that case its way more healthy. pluss single parent families are way stronger than they used to be. its not even that big of a deal anymore. My dad died when i was young my mom was my only parent most of my life. So do you suppose she should have kept her leggs closed. nobody knows what there future holds. you could start off with two parents and anything could happen then --POFF! single parnt family...or you could start off as a singel parent and POFF! two parents are in the picture but the only gaurnatee is if you start off a single parent you know whats comming...so your not too likley to let life get you down. But if your planning this family with the thought of someone helping you the whole of your childrens life...and your partner isnt there anymore this could be overwhelming.

Answer 9

Okay, then why don't you go around the world and hook-up the single parents whose spouses have been thrown in jail, died, divorced, never wanted to commit, etc.
Maybe if you were out there marrying the world, you wouldn't propose such thoughts. I have a friend whose mother died when she was in second grade and is raised by her immigrant father. She's turned out just fine. So have at LEAST 75% of those raised by a single parent turned out fine. Kids are brought up in unhealthy ways with two parents governing, so why not attack the whole situation, and not just one little detail.

Answer 10

You can raise a health child with only one parent. People do it all the time. Expecially when the presence of the father is actually a detriment, because he's such a loser.

And it can be done resulting in a physically and emotionally healthy child.

Two parents make it easier, no question.

Answer 11

If you are sitting here spouting that single parents are harming thier children by not having another helper, then you're in for some flaming.

Single parents are not always single by choice, and as a child raised by 1 parent, I can assure you- I was healthy.

Must be nice living so alone in your teeny tiny little world, huh?