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1、Singleparentfamiliesarefamilieswherethechildorchildrenlivewithoneparentratherthantwo.ForexamplesomechildrenmayhavelostaparentwhodiedorSomekidsmayhaveparentswhoareseparatedordivorced.Nowsingleparentfamilieshavebecomemoreprevalentinthechinainthepast10years
2、,accordingtothe2012OfficeforNationalStatistics.Raisingachildasasingleparentisoneoflife'stoughestchallenges.Youwanttomakesureyourchildishealthyandsafeandsuccessfulinlife.Childrenfrombrokenhomesarealmostfivetimesmorelikelytodevelopemotionalproblemsthanthos
3、elivingwithbothparents,areporthasfound.ChildrenwhoLivingina"reconstituted"familycontainingstep-childrenorstep-parentsincreasedtheriskofdevelopingbehavioralproblemsstillfurther,itfound.Soweseetheproblemsfollowsingleparentfamilieshavebecomeseriousenoughtoc
4、atchoureyes.Firstly,inmother-onlyfamilies,childrentendtoexperienceshort-andlong-termeconomicandpsychologicaldisadvantages;singleparentfamiliesareatahigherriskofpovertythancouplefamilies,andonaveragesinglemothershavepoorerhealththancouplemothers.Insinglep
5、arentfamilies,singleparenthavetopayallthehouseholdexpensesalone.Incouplefamilies,parentscanshareittighter.Sothisusuallyputmorepressureonsingleparent.Forsinglemother,morehouseworkhastobeendoneinlesstime,becauseshealsohastogooutforworktosupportthefamily,wh
6、ichalwaysleadhertootiredandbecomepoorinhealth.Althoughtheresearchfindingsaremixedonlong-termeffects,themajorityofchildrenadjustandrecoveranddonotexperiencesevereproblemsovertime.TheOfficeforNationalStatisticsreportinvolvedinterviewingparents,teachersandc
7、hildrenthemselvestofindouthowmanysufferedemotionalproblemssuchasanxietyordepression,howmanyhad"conductdisorders"suchasaggression,andwhatthepossiblereasonsbehindthemwere.Afterinterviewing100childrenagedbetweenfiveand16in2011andagainlastyear,theresearchers
8、foundthat3percenthaddevelopedproblemsoverthattime.Inaddition,30percentwhohademotionalproblemsatthefirstsurvey,and43percentwhohadbehavioralissues,stillhadthemthreeyearslater.Theresearchersstressedtheyhadnotdiscoveredanydire
