Single Parents

Obitelj predstavlja primarnu zajednicu društva. Od davnih vremena smatralo se da idealnu vrstu obitelji čine otac, koji uzdržava obitelj financijski , majka koja brine isključivo za kućanstvo i odgoj djece te samo dijete ili djeca. Kako se društvo razvija, ovakav tip obitelji polako blijedi te se javljaju različite vrste obitelji. Tako danas postoji i dalje nuklearna obitelj, ali i proširena, izvanbračne zajednice, dvogeneracijske obitelji, istospolne zajednice te jednoroditeljske obitelji odnosno samohrani roditelji. Samohrana obitelj nastaje kada jedan od supružnika umre, prestane brinuti za svoje dijete ili ukoliko se supružnici razvedu. Jedan od najvećih problema samohranih roditelja su financijske poteškoće. Istraživanja su pokazala da se samohrani roditelji često bore sa depresijom, iscrpljeni su, pod velikim stresom, a nadodaju i kako se često osjećaju usamljeno. Mnogi stereotipi vežu se na samohrane roditelje, ali ponekad je njihov najveći problem nerazumijevanje okoline na njihovu životnu situaciju. U ovom radu definiraju se samohrani roditelji, od statističkih podataka do uzroka nastanka samohranih obitelji te problema s kojima se samohrane majke i očevi suočavaju. Nadalje, opisuje se ponašanje djeteta iz samohrane obitelj te nastavno na to opisuje se suradnje odgojitelja i samohranog roditelja. Društvo je naviknuto na viđenje majke sa djetetom, (još uvijek se majke smatraju odgovorne za odgoj djeteta) pa tako samohrane majke ne izazivaju burne reakcije okoline. S druge strane, samohrani očevi i dalje čine stigmatiziranu skupinu na koju okolina još nije posve navikla. Djeca samohranih roditelja, zbog razvoda ili smrti roditelja, prolaze kroz različite krize te tada odgojitelji i učitelji djetetu predstavljaju osobu od povjerenja.Family represents the primary community of our society. Since ancient times it has been considered that the ideal type of family consist of a father, who supports family financially, mother whose only role is household and childbearing, and of course a child or children. As society develops, this type of family slowly fades and different types of families appear. So today a nuclear family still exists, but there are also an extended family, partners who are not married, family with two generations, homosexual communities and single parents. A single-parent family transpires when one of the spouses dies stops caring about their child or spouses divorce. One of the biggest concerns of single parents is financial difficulty. Research has shown that single parents describes that they are often faced with depression, very exhausted, under a lot of stress and often gets lonely. Many stereotypes are linked to single parenthood but sometimes their biggest problem is the lack of understanding of the society about their life situation. In this paper, single parents are defined, from statistical data to the cause of single parent families and the problems single mothers and single fathers are faced with. Furthermore, it is described a behavior of children from a single parent families and the co-operation between kindergarten teacher and a single parent. Society got used to seeing a mother with a child (since mothers are still considered responsible for child upbringing), so single mothers do not cause society's astonishment. On the other hand, single fathers continue to make a stigmatized group that the society is not yet fully accustomed to. Children of single parents, due to parent’s divorce or death, go through various crises and at that point kindergarten teachers and educators represents child’s person of trust