Although numbers are rapidly increasing, the children of single parents still have a questionable role in society. Convention still rules as schools, religious establishments, the media and most government entities continue to define the ideal family as comprised of two happily married, ..... biological parents living with their children. Such conservative ideas can run afoul of many families living in the United States that don’t conform to the formula. The reality is that single-parent families constitute a large portion of our population. Whether or when society decides to reevaluate their definition of family is unclear. The more pressing issue at hand is whether or not there are negative effects on the children of single-parent families.
