SINGLE By: Viviana Vega Torres

PARENTING
 What is single
parenting?
Quick mini
quiz
Types of custody
+ Examples

Sources
page Causes/
What will be Effects
learned:
Short
Video
Disadvantages/
Advantages

Why I chose
Single How to get
Parenting help
 WHAT IS SINGLE PARENTING?
• A single parent is a person who lives with a child or children
and does not have a wife, husband or live-in partner.
• A single parent may have either sole custody of the child or
joint physical custody.
 TYPES OF PARENTAL CUSTODY
• Sole Legal Custody
• Sole Physical Custody
• Joint Physical Custody(shared physical custody)
 SOLE CUSTODY
• Sole Legal Custody: is a special type of child custody arrangement in
which only one parent or person is granted both physical and legal
custody of the child or children.
• Sole Physical Custody: the child or children are under the supervision
of one parent or person, but can get visitation by other parent unless
the court determines otherwise.
 JOINT PHYSICAL CUSTODY
• Joint Physical Custody(shared physical custody): Means that the
child spends a considerable amount of time living with both parents,
and both have equal responsibility to physically care for the child or
children.
 EXAMPLES:
• Mother and Father have divorced due to Father's substance abuse and addiction. Mother
seeks and is granted ____custody of Child. This means that Mother alone has legal authority
to decide key issues related to Child's upbringing, and Child will live exclusively with
Mother. Father may be entitled to visitation with Child.
• Every Sunday little Timmy is switching from his mothers house to his fathers house. He
spends every week with each one of them. On holidays, his parents decide who he gets to
spend the holidays with.
• Little Timmy’s mom recently hasn’t been the best mom to both his father and him. His dad
isn’t going to take any of her bad habits anymore. He took his case to court and now has
both physical and legal custody of little Timmy.
 CAUSES
• Divorce
• Death of a parent
• Early Pregnancy
• Adoption
• Donor Insemination
 EFFECTS
• lower levels of educational achievement
• twice as likely to drop out of school
• likely to become teen parents
• conflict with their parent(s)
• less supervised by adults
• frequently to abuse drugs and alcohol
• high-risk sexual behavior
• twice as likely to go to jail
• four times as likely to need help for emotional and behavioral problems
• likely to participate in violent crime
• likely to commit suicide
• twice as likely to get divorced in adulthood
 DISADVANTAGES
• Decrease in income
• Less parental quality time
• Academic struggles
• Negative feelings
• Being cautious of relationships
• Problems accepting new parental relationships
 ADVANTAGES
• Positive role modeling
• Teaches independence and responsibility
• Getting undivided attention
• Being cautious of relationships
• Builds a special bond/friendship with parent
• Come to an understanding easier
• Builds communications skills
 HOW TO GET HELP
• File for child support
• Ask close friends and family
• Go to community organizations
- Local churches, religious organizations, and community organizations
• Food Pantries also know as ‘food banks’
• TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families)
• WIC (stands for Women, Infants, and Children)
• Dial 2-1-1
WHY I CHOSE
SINGLE
PARENTING
• I’m an only child of a single
parent and I can relate to this
topic.
• In today’s day and age, single
parent families are no longer
viewed as non-traditional families
since they are all around us.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik9IbgVtGf8
 SOURCES
• https://www.custodyxchange.com/articles/joint-physical-custody.php
• https://family.findlaw.com/child-custody/sole-custody.html
• https://singleparentfamilies-info.blogspot.com/2011/02/what-are-common-causes-of-single.h
tml
• http://www.healthofchildren.com/S/Single-Parent-Families.html
• https://www.verywellfamily.com/assistance-for-single-moms-4123660