What challenges do teens with one parent face?
Most of the teens and parents surveyed focused on two issues that are challenges to them. • The fact that growing up in a home with only one parent does not give the teen the best chance to understand and really appreciate what the love between a committed mother and father should and can be like. • While most of the teens expressed great love and added respect for the parent they are living with, some teens and parents said that having one parent limited the perspective with which decisions were made, views were developed, interests and experiences were shared. Read the full article at www.verticalthought.org/issues/ym08/living.
