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This comprehensive overview delves into the complexities of parenthood, focusing on statistics surrounding teen pregnancy, single-parent households, and poverty. In 2009, a significant percentage of custodial single mothers and fathers lived in poverty, highlighting the challenges they face. Additionally, marriage dynamics and their impact on economic outcomes are explored, revealing trends related to age at marriage and divorce rates. The text also discusses adoption types, including closed and open adoptions, and reviews common abortion methods.
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Single parenthood • In 2009 14.3% of the total U.S. population lived in poverty • 30.4% of custodial single mothers and their children lived in poverty • 18.8% of custodial single fathers and their children lived in poverty • In 2009, 41.3% of custodial mothers received some form of government assistance • 44.2% are currently divorced or separated • 36.8% have never been married • Children without fathers are much more likely to grow up in poverty. • While married couples with children enjoy an average income of $80,000, single mothers average only $24,000. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/dec/25/fathers-disappear-from-households-across-america/?page=all
Marriage • the earlier a woman gets married, the less money she is likely to earn. • Inversely, postponing marriage causes women's earnings to go up. Interestingly, the study found no such correlation with men's earnings. • 48 percent of those who marry before 18 are likely to divorce within 10 years, compared with 24 percent of those who marry after age 25. • While it is good to highly esteem marriage, researchers have expressed concern because young people have a very romantic view of marriage, and this romantic ideal is very hard to sustain over a lifetime. • They expect the romantic feelings to last forever, and when they don't, they often consider divorce rather than trying to readjust their expectations.
Adoption • A closed adoption is one where no identifying information about the birth family or the adoptive family is shared between the two, and there is no contact between the families. • As the adoptive family, you will receive non-identifying information about the child and birth family before he or she joins your family. • After your adoption is finalized, the records are sealed. Depending on local law and what paperwork was signed and filed when the adoption was finalized, these records may or may not be available to the adopted child when they reach 18.
Open adoption • An open adoption allows for some form of association among the birth parents, adoptive parents and the child they adopted. This can range from picture and letter sharing to phone calls, to contact through an intermediary or open contact among the parties themselves. • Many adoptions of older children and teenagers are at least partially open since the children may already know identifying or contact information about members of their birth families, or may want to stay in touch with siblings placed separately.
Abortion • Methods of abortion: • Methotrexate & Misoprostol (MTX): a medical abortion procedure used up to the first seven weeks of pregnancy. This medication combination is not as commonly used in the U.S. with the availability of mifepristone, which works more effectively for this use. • Mifepristone and Misoprostol: a medical abortion procedure used up to the first seven to nine weeks of pregnancy. It can also be referred to as RU-486, the abortion pill and Mifeprex. • Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA): a procedure used as early as 3 -12 weeks since the last period. Considered less invasive with only a local anesthesia being used on the cervix. • Aspiration: a surgical abortion procedure used to terminate pregnancy up to 16 weeks from the last period. It can also be referred to as suction curettage, dilation and curettage (D & C) or vacuum aspiration.
