THE EFFECT OF SINGLE PARENTING ON THE BEHAVIORAL PATTERN OF CHILDREN
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY
In Nigeria today, most children are from a family of lone parent; this might be as a result of untimely death of one’s husband or one’s wife; it could be as a result of birth out of wedlock. Bring up a child under the guidance of their parents become a problem especially the child that is with just his or her mother. Because mothers are not as
authoritative as the fathers. Children with lone parents tends to be of a bad behavior compared to those with both parents.
Financially, morally and psychologically the children with lone parents are acted.
Now on the financial aspect of it, the lone parent might be just the mother; she might not be doing very well in business and can not provide all the needs of
their children, this might lead the children to look for financial assistance by all means and they might end up stealing, meeting with bad friends as this will aect
their behavior. Mother will be struggling to meet up with the demand of her children and will not have the time to always advice them on what to do and what not to do.
On the area of children with just the father as a parent, will not have the guidiance from the mother; father will be out always to provide food for the family, no emotional attention will be given to their children. The father can only provide money for their feeding, but will not prepare the food for the children. The worst of it all is when a child falls in the hand of a
drunk father who is always out of the house, the children will suer the absence of their father.
