[Friendly Economy] Misunderstanding and the truth about single-parent families

<Anchor> It is a

friendly economic time.

Today (14th), we will be with reporter Kim Hye-min.

Reporter Kim, the broadcaster Sayuri, who was not married, received a lot of attention while giving birth to a child, but it is not a similar case.

<Reporter>

Recently, there has been a controversy over Sayuri, a family of single mothers, whether or not it is a normal family.

There are still many views of single-parent families as deficient families.

However, the form of Korean families is gradually changing. In particular, the number of single-parent families that have not been married for a variety of reasons such as divorce or bereavement is increasing every year.

One out of five households with unmarried children is a single parent household.

Nevertheless, children in single-parent families are suffering from vague preconceived notions that "if they have only one parent, they grow up well" or "if there is only one parent, the child will have a deficiency."

<Anchor>

By the way, reporter Kim said that the results of a study that reversed the prejudice against single-parent families came out?

<Reporter> The

results of a six-year survey on children from single-parent families were recently released.

We compared a real child who grew up under two parents under the same conditions and then became a single-parent family with a hypothetical child who continued to grow under two parents.

To put it more easily, both families have the same conditions, such as household income and parental personality, and it is a comparison between a child living in a single-parent family and an imaginary child who continues to live with both parents despite the crisis of becoming a single-parent family.

First of all, the children of both families had similar developments in most areas, including health and emotions, life satisfaction, and school adjustment skills.

Rather, the attention and concentration of children from single-parent families were 14.4% higher.

It is judged that children's attention and concentration have improved as their children escaped the conflict between parents and the guardians became more responsible for parenting.

So even if mom and dad go through serious and repetitive conflicts, it's good for their children to stay married.

<anchor> That's

right.

Still, reporter Kim, the children of single-parent families, seem to have been a bit more vulnerable than children of families with both parents.

You said there were related results?

<Reporter>

The children of single-parent families found it more difficult to manage their academic time.

Compared to children in families with both parents, the ability to control self-regulation, such as keeping a set time to study or doing homework, fell by 8.5%.

Single-parent families often have to do the work and parenting alone, so there is absolutely no time to take care of their children.

In fact, 73% said that the burden of housework increased after becoming a single parent, and over 80% said that they were able to take the role of mother and father alone.

These areas require policy support from the government.

Experts advised that domestic support services should allow parents to focus more on parenting, and that school-tailored support is also needed to ease academic difficulties.

<Anchor> In the

end, it means that single-parent families do not have enough time and resources to take care of their children.

But I think this may be due to economic reasons.

However, he said that the problem of not receiving proper child support from the other party has not been resolved yet.

<Reporter>

It is said that 7 out of 10 single-parent families are still not receiving child support.

The number of families who cannot receive child support due to Corona 19 is on the rise, and the government revised the law last year to suspend the driver's license for parents who do not pay child support. It is also possible.

If it is still not improved, there is also a need for more severe punishment rules like overseas.

There is a saying, "If there is only one adult who truly cares for a child, a child will change." Even in a single-parent family, if parents and the society work with responsibility, a child can grow as good as a family with two parents.