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Introduction
typically consisting of a man and a woman, or any two individuals who wish
our society must get focus on. The increasing number of solo parents due to
death, separation of parents, and even single motherhood has a great impact
to our society. According to Ap-apid et. Al, 11% in Southeast Asia including
Philippines has been headed by single parents. Moreover, they are also in
Solo Parents undergo to this situation, also their children experiencing the
As a child, you may affected on what your parent decision and every situation
identify what are the problems encountered by the child of solo parent and
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Maskanian et. Al
focus not only to the solo parent but also to the child who is part of we called
family.
a. Age
b. Sex
c. Birth rank
to:
a. Psychological aspect
b. Economic aspect
c. Social aspect?
a. Psychological aspect
b. Economic aspect
c. Social aspect?
Significance of the study
This study will benefit the following sectors: first, the University. It will
single parent and how they combat for this dilemma. Thirdly, to the
educators and teachers that it will serve as a guide in making school policies
that will benefit not only the complete parents but also on the child of single
and to promulgate the R. A 8972 which gives assistance for the solo parents
Parent. It will focus on the extent to the problem of a child of solo parent, its
The respondents are either son or daughter of solo parent whether the
(20) respondents came from First year up to Fourth year students of Bachelor
of Science in Social Work because of financial and time constrains on the part
of the researchers.
Chapter 2
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
parent is the one who cares, rearing and finance his/her siblings. 2 According
to Wallenstein & Kelly, as cited by Ap-apid, et. Al, age, temperament, and sex
of the child vary from one child to another and some children are vulnerable
to the effects of family conflicts and divorce but others are resilient and able
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www.scribd.com/buhaysingleparent
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Garder, J (2008)
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www.singleparents.about.com
On the other hand, it depends on the left parent which is the single
parent on how to handle the situation. If the child sees his/her mom/dad at
ease as the past, he/she has a positive result towards the situation. 3 They
might develop closer relationship with one or both parents and they have the
The way parents treat their children is equally important to their birth
family can have implications beyond childhood. However, the lack of one
parent may not as critical as lack of another income to the family. The
Conceptual Framework:
the respondent of the researchers have problems together with their parent.
It varies from one to another because it differ to age, sex, birth rank, number
of years having single parent and reason why they have single parent. The
following variables are the independent variable of the study. The dependent
Being a child with a single parent faces also different problems. Their
problem may differ to those who had both parents. If these problems are
Research Paradigm
Figure 1
It shows the hypothesized relationship between the profile and the
Research Hypothesis
Definition of terms
Age. This refers to how old the respondent or length of tome thet
person existed.
the degree of the problems they encountered on the different aspects of life;
by a single parent.