Single Parents Can Raise Succesful, Happy, Healthy...

Can a Single Parent Raise a Successful Child? What is considered societies common family dynamic is no longer the norm however, are the single family children of today destined for failure? For centuries studies have claimed that children that are raised in a home with both a father and a mother, do better that children who are raised by a single parent. They claim that a single parent cannot raise a successful child. Researches claim that children in single parent homes do not do well in school, and they have mental health issues. David Batty wrote an article claiming that children who were raised in a single-parent home were twice more likely to develop mental health problems than those children who were raised with married parents.†¦show more content†¦Even though she raised in a single parent home she learned to play the piano when she was seven. She was able to enroll in the Professional Performing Arts School at twelve. She even graduated as valedictorian. President Thomas Jefferson lost his father at age 14 and then was raised alone by his mother, yet he grew into a great man. Music artist Kanye West, Usher, and P. Diddy were also raised in a single parent home. We can see without any doubt how successful they have become. Keanu Reeves was abandoned by his father when he was 13. Mariah Carey had little contact with her father after her parents were divorced when she was 3. Also Martin Luther King’s mother raised four children on her own. Before the mid 1960’s they would not formall y consider single parents to adopt a child. In order to deal with the limited availability of fit adoptive homes for the many children that need a home, they started to extend the placement to include both single and interracial families. One of the first efforts to place a significant number of children with single parents occurred in 1965. If it was not possible for a single parent to raise a successful child, would they be considered to adopt a child? Most children in need of a home have been thru a lot. If giving these children to a single parent would lead them to mental issues or end up doing bad in school a single parent would be over looked. There are many different