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Research Outline

RES/709 Research Outline

Frank Frimpong-Manso

University of phoenix

RES 709: Research Conceptualization and Design

Prof Marlene Blake

November 23rd 2020

Proposed Dissertation Title

Title: Children in single parent households face a lot of social and economic challenges, resulting in their emotional, upbringing and educational achievements being affected negatively

1. Problem Statement

The problem is that children in single parent households face a lot of social and economic challenges, resulting in their emotional, upbringing and educational achievements being affected negatively.

2. Studies Purpose

The aim of this study is to find out the different challenges that children from single households' face and probable solutions to the challenges.

3. Research Questions

i) What are the causes of the economic, and social challenges that children brought up in single parent households face?

ii) What are the challenges that single parent households face and what effects do they have on student's performance?

iii) What are the causes of negative emotions, upbringing challenges and inadequate educational achievement in single household parenting?

iv) What are the proposed solutions to overcome the identified challenges?

Part 2: Background to the Problem

When a child is born, his first place of contact is his own family. As a result, the child's initial socialization and education are obtained from the family. Families, on the other hand, can either be broken or intact. A broken home is not structurally intact due to separation, divorce, or the parents' death. Such families tend to have detrimental effects on the child, including their performance in school. The child would also be affected emotionally as children tend to grow morally upright and become emotionally cared for by both parents (Chukwuka, 2018). In families with two parents, the father always carters for the requirements for the educational advancement of a child while the mother supplements the father's efforts. When one of the parents is absent, such as the father, the mother would not be privileged enough to cater to all the child's basic needs and supervise their academic performance at the same time. This is the same scenario that would occur when the mother is not present in the family.

Life in a single-parent household can also stressful for both the parent and child. Such families may be faced with challenges such as inadequate finance. In a study conducted to confirm if there are differences in the children's educational attainment from single parent households and that of children from intact families, it was determined that the influence is apparent in secondary education (Fučík, 2016). The study, therefore, shows there is a significant impact on single parents' households towards the achievements of children educationally.

Appendix B

Summary of Research Questions

i) Indeed, most single households parenting often face an array of economic challenges. For instance, when a mother is bereaved, they might be left without a stable source of income. This often makes the children they are upbringing to go through economic hardships as they have to shelve on some of the demands that they have in life. Given the nature of the society, the standards and show off of children on the same level will make the bereaved children have social challenges as they try to fit in. However, it is necessary to find the causes and the remedy to the different social challenges brought about by this issue.

ii) Overall, after a person loses their spouse, they undergo through different challenges. These challenges have an impact on children's school performance. Therefore, the research question ii is seeking to establish the different challenges and the effects it has on the performance of the affected children.

iii) According to Calder (2018, p. 421), children brought up by single parents have a tendency of developing emotional imbalance. This may be as a result of the social and economic challenges that they face in general. However, it is necessary to find in details the causes of emotional imbalance that these children face and the effects that this emotional imbalance has on the students' upbringing and performance in school.

iv) The challenges identified are quite a number, it is necessary that the dissertation finds out some of the primary solutions to the challenges identified as well as what improvements could be made to make the challenges bearable to bring up better and proficient children by the single parents.

References

Calder, G. (2018). Social justice, single parents and their children. The triple bind of single-parent families, 421.

Chukwuka, F. O. (2018). Impact of Single Parent on Child Education in Primary Schools in Oshimili South Local Government Area of Delta State. International Journal of Innovative Education Research, 6(1), 101-107.

Fučík, P. (2016). Where Are the Effects of Family Structure? The Educational Level, Current Partnership, and Income Level of the Czech Adult Population Socialised in Single-Parent Families. Sociologický časopis/Czech Sociological Review, 52(03), 375-402.