Children Belonging To Sole Parent Families

Children Belonging To Sole Parent Families

• Children often want to protect their parent and help them solve their problems. They may not want to share this parent and jealousy can be a problem, particularly when trying to make new friends.
• Having less contact with the absent parent and with the absent parent's family is sometimes difficult for the child. These significant people such as grandparents, uncles and aunts have probably provided love and support for the child in the past and it is easy for the child to feel abandoned and betrayed. They can also feel like the 'meat in the sandwich' when their parents argue.
• Encourage continued meetings with the children's extended family, they need to know that these special people are still part of their lives.
• Some grandparents are able to give a sympathetic ear while still remaining neutral.
• With the pressures of work, household duties and finding time for themselves, single parents often have less time with the children than they did before. This is hard for children. Make sure the little time you do have with your children is a positive and happy time for all.
• In most single parent households there is also less money. This may be because there is only one paid worker, because pension or social security payments are lower than salaries or because the same income is now shared between two households.

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