The Impact of Single-Parent Household in the Behavioral Development of Toddlers

PICO (T)
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PICO(T) regarding - Does (I) being raised in a single-parent household (O) impact behavioral development (P) in toddlers?
PICO (T) regarding - Does (I) being raised in a single-parent household (O) impact behavioral development (P) in toddlers?
The family should provide its members with protection, companionship, security, affection, and socialization, while satisfaction and spiritual needs are also met. However, in single-parent families, the households face more challenges to not fulfill their functions properly than a two-parent family. This partly because of difficulties in meeting the children’s emotional and material needs where there may be a lack of affection and distancing. The family is the main socializing agent that tends to influence an individual's personality. Damen et al (2020) reported that parental empowerment in both single and two-parent households are associated with positive changes in children’s behavior. There is greater change in single parent households whether there is material empowerment as the primary caregivers (Damen et al., 2020). In the article, the search words were single-parent/ parent household child behavioral outcomes, empowerment and family resilience. Understanding of norms and values being raised in single-parent households affects toddlers' behavioral development.
Single-parent households tend to have mothers as heads of the families and a smaller percentage are single father homes. Research on single-parent households primarily reflects single-mother households. Children from two-parent homes grow up with more financial and educational advantages than single-parent families. Permissive and negligent parenting practices and the father figure's absence may negatively affect children’s life if they fail to adjust emotionally. Adolescents from single-home households tend to show higher rates of anxiety, instability, emotional insecurity, feelings of inadequacy, and withdrawal. This may begin manifesting from a young age as the family structure and environment affects the behavior and development.
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