Title: 7 benefits of being single you need to know now Category: (Love) Tags: single life, singlehood, happily single, find yourself Teaser: Enjoy your freedom, and stop taking your freedom for granted! Article: Ahh, the single life. It sometimes gets a bum rap, doesn’t it? Single people are often stigmatized as being lonelier, unhealthier and poorer, but nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the opposite just might be true. Being single can be an awesome time in your life — don’t let anyone tell you any different! Sure, it’s nice to have someone to cuddle with at night, but being tied to a long-term relationship isn’t the “be-all and end-all” for everyone. So, forget about stigmas. It’s time to embrace your singlehood and the many …show more content…
Being single has a positive effect on your health You may not share a partner’s health plan, but maybe you won’t need it. Let’s face it, being single gives you a lot of extra time to work on yourself. When you’re single, your more able to devote time on internal and external beautification. When other’s immediate needs aren’t a factor, going to a gym, exercising and cooking healthier meals will become that much easier to maintain. 2. You can pursue your hobbies, interests or volunteer It’s no secret, when you’re in a relationship, your free-time is divided between two people. Throw kids in the mix and you’re now being stretched in all directions. Being single allows you to devote your free-time to your hobbies and interests. Learn to kayak, hike volcanoes or zipline Niagara Falls. Start a book club, take up pottery, yoga or volunteer your time to a homeless or animal shelter. Whatever, your interests are, now’s the time to pursue them. 3. You can plunge headfirst into your career Being single gives you an opportunity to focus on your career. Whether it’s climbing that corporate ladder, getting your PhD or writing your first novel, now’s the time to go for it! So, work hard and live up to your true
At twenty-five years of age, I’ve attained many of the goals I set for myself as a young girl, starting a successful career in Corporate America, gaining financial freedom and traveling the globe. Yet, to many of my relatives, it seems my life is still lacking the most critical ingredient – a husband. While in college, my single status seemed more acceptable. However, as I have continued to focus on my career instead of a husband and as I have reached the magic twenty-five, the choice to remain single has become an increasing concern for my family.
This research paper will explore primarily the impact of African American single-parent households on the children that live in these environments. This is a very important issue and more awareness is needed. Research has provided evidence that single-parent households are one of many risk factors that can negatively affect a child’s educational outcome, emotional health and social behavior. Although not all single-parent family households have disadvantages, the focus of his study is to shed more light on the issues and offer solutions. For example, more policies are needed to reinforce fathers to pay child support. This alone will provide mothers with more money to help them better raise their children.
Almost half of all children in the US by the age of 15 will have lived with a single parent (Anderson cited in Barajas 13). In fact, father absent homes have a greater effect on boys than on girls (Mandara, Murry; Sigle-Rushton &McLanahan, cited in Barajas 13). Those teenage boys that are raised in single mother households in low income areas are more likely to participate in criminal activity because they receive less supervision, are surrounded by crime in their neighborhoods, and receive low education levels.
Rebecca Traister’s All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation provides insight on what it is like being a single woman living in America in current and past times. Traister interviewed more than 100 single women to give their personal stories, which makes the readers think about themselves and how they can relate to them. All the Single Ladies is an investigation into the sexual, economic, and emotional lives of women in America. Traister argues that there are unknown unset society rules for women that women are expected to fulfill like marriage and children and those cliché stereotypes must be broken. Some women desire to be married and other women are concentrated on finding themselves which Traister argues
When couples become parents, the first thing on their minds should be on how they will work as a team. Most parents will never choose to parent alone unless it was necessary. According to Zartler (2014), single-parenting has been a strongly pronounced trend in family behavior. Many families are single-parenting households. There are a lot of reasons that can cause a household to become a single-parenting household, and the most common reason is divorce. Most marriages just do not work out and this can cause a lot of stress within the family. There is a lot of hardships that can come with divorce including financial risks. Also, how the children will react can be hard as well. Most parents who are single parents can have a harder time dealing with the financial costs then parents that are married. There can definitely be negative impacts on single-parenting
I was a lucky child growing up. Yes, I’m sure that a lot of children would say that, or at least I hope that they would. As the child of a single mother I would say that in comparison to how society frames it, it is not nearly that bad. My mother was a successful, dedicated working parent and my father a hard-working detective. They cared for each other, they just did not see a future together, despite my birth. Being the child of a single parent is considered a disparaging obstacle when it comes to child development. I however do not feel that I suffered at the hands of single parenthood. The theories of Freud, Piaget, Erickson, and others lend notion as to how aspects of nurture and nature, come together to shape an individual.
One way being single can improve health is it may lower stress levels. When being in a relationship there is so many things to worry about because your having to worry about another human being other than what you need on a daily basis. Like having to worry about bills being paid, food being put on the table, and yourself necessities. For instance, in the article “7 Ways Being Single Affects Your Health” by Amanda MacMillan they state that “There are plenty of areas where single people stress less than those in relationships.” This shows that it is proven that being single is in fact beneficial to your well being. While being stressed, you undergo constant thoughts about certain things that needs to be accomplished throughout your life whether it being current or in the future, but since your single things that stress you out reduce very drastically. This connects to my thesis statement by showing you one of the reasons why being single is the way to go… most of the time.
According to Webster’s dictionary, the definition of Single is “it means unmarried; of or relating to celibacy; unaccompanied by others. '
Single parent families are very common this day and age. The single parent percentage in America is rising, in all racial groups. Children of a single mother or father family tend to have more difficulties and more of a negative effect developing and growing up. The bad effects of children with single parents typically have more behavior issues, emotional stress, and difficulties in school.
Beginning as a young woman and going through her death, these are the things that single women find important: Grounding (in the home, neighborhood, career, finances, and social life), Friendships (maintaining close female friendships, and even forming new friends), Basic Needs (for daily contact, security, touch, rituals, enhanced use of free time), Sexual Feelings (acknowledging them, numbing them, transitioning between), Children and Other Forms of Nurturance (making a decision about children, nurturing yourself and others, and being nurtured), Grieving (accepting the ambiguity, grieving lose dreams, separating her grief from her family’s grief), Making Peace with the Parents (teaching them to treat you as an adult, resolving old issues, accepting their positive traits and ignoring the rest), and Old Age (having a positive image of yourself, preparing financially for old age, maintaining friendships, considering living options, preparing your living will for your death/burial) (Lewis and Moon). It seems as if single women wish to live a fulfilling life while taking care of themselves, because they are
A child is heavily impacted by the single parent he/she was raised by. Whether it is negative or positive, it is the parent’s responsibility. Gymnast Louis Smith, Barack Obama, SarahJane Funnell, Bradley Wiggins, Paloma Faith, to name a few, were brought up by single parents and they have all become successful in a way. We know there are more troubled children in single-parent households, but single-parenting as a whole should not entirely be looked at negatively. Although it may be difficult to get through the hardships especially for young children growing up, it is the parent’s ultimate job to ensure that their child is getting the healthy and happy lifestyle they need to take on the various factors that come along with single-parenting.
Significant others” is term used in sociology that refers to the important people in one’s life that are close to that person. People who are classified as “significant others” are usually individuals who uplift, motivate, and better the person that they are close with. For me, I am lucky enough to have many significant others involved with my life. First and most obvious, God has always been my “go to” being, because God gives me the motivation and strength that no human being could ever fulfill. God creates crossroads, pathways, and loves me like no other. Anytime I’m unsure about my life and all the wrongful decisions that I make on a day-to-day basis, God has always found a way to bring out the light in the darkest of darkness. My parents
Throughout history, there has been controversy as to how many partners one person should be able to have. According to Dictionary.com, the definition of monogamy is, “marriage with only one person at a time.” Meaning you don't have any affairs, or any type of relations to anyone else except for your partner. Being monogamous is a good lifestyle because it promotes peace, you don't have to talk to many people, and it will improve the economy.
Children growing up in one parent families (OPFs) were rarely seen in the 60s and the 70s. One parent families have now become a common occurrence. The percentage of single parent homes has almost doubled since 1961, whereas it used to be 8.4 percent of the population of census families, the current percentage is 16.3 percent. This leads to more children living in single parent homes than ever before. Single parenthood is a breakdown of the traditional family structure in which there are two parents working together to raise children. Children do not necessarily need the support of both parents but, a one parent family does not get enough support from society. For it to be a way to raise children without putting tons of strain on parents and
Hi, my name is Rob Geis and I am currently in grade 12. I have been at County High School for a year now; I joined at the start of 11th grade, and have thoroughly enjoyed myself here. The school is great, the people are fantastic and the atmosphere is one that makes you actually want to go to school. Before I joined ASB I was studying at the Singapore American School for two years and prior to that I was at the International School of Kuala Lumpur for two years. I was born and raised here in Bombay city and grew up here.