CFD 1450 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Desertion
Lecture #20: Chapter 17, Single Parent
Households
Why are there single parent households
• Death
• Divorce
• Separation
• Desertion
• Non-committed birth
• Extended Absence (military or work)
(All reasons create unique strategies, Family
Themes)
1970= 13% of all family groups
1997= 33% of all family groups
Women head about 90% of single parent homes
Balance system demands and coping resources
Family Themes impact:
1. How members interact with the outside
world.
2. How they interact with each other.
3. How they develop individually.
(Impact of the media)
Maintenance Tasks
1. Financial Stressors
2. Changes in Employment Status
3. Changes in Sources of Income
4. Changes in Residence
Child Support compliance Factors
1. overall level of income
2. attachment level toward children and former
spouse
3. agree on child-rearing issues
Boundary Tasks
• child custody issues
• reworking parenting roles
Transition to single-parenthood after divorce is
rarely handled in an optimal manner.
Sources of Support
• Family of Origin
- Family can be more supportive and more
critical
• Friendships
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Document Summary
Why are there single parent households: death, divorce, separation, desertion, non-committed birth, extended absence (military or work) (all reasons create unique strategies, family. Women head about 90% of single parent homes. Family themes impact: how members interact with the outside world, how they interact with each other, how they develop individually. (impact of the media) Maintenance tasks: financial stressors, changes in employment status, changes in sources of income, changes in residence. Child support compliance factors: overall level of income, attachment level toward children and former spouse, agree on child-rearing issues. Boundary tasks: child custody issues reworking parenting roles. Transition to single-parenthood after divorce is rarely handled in an optimal manner. Family can be more supportive and more critical: friendships. Estimated decrease of friendship network by 40% after divorce. Women generally increase involvement with family and men decrease involvement with family. Men experience loneliness, anxiety, and depression: dating relationships.
