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Single PArent Families
I have to do semi-structured interview with single parents to get their lived experiences of being a single parent. REally struggling to come up with questions.
Got things like how have friends, family society treated you. tell me about your experiences of bieng single parent etc.
Its not about getting truths out of people just experiences of brining up a child as the lone parent lived it and experienced it or percieved it.
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Want to answer more questions in the Relationships category?
Maybe give some free advice about: Families?
Isn't everyone a single parent these days? %40 of all kids were raised by a single parent, last I heard.
Topics might include:
Money. How much? Where from? Where does it go?
Time. Pretty much the same questions as money.
Child raising. Where do they take their cues from on how to do it? The media? Friends? Contrast their family with the family they grew up in.
Friends? Social networks? Religion/church? God?
The future. Where do they see their kids going, long term? Where will they be, long term? What will they do when the kids leave the nest?
Are they looking for a partner? Where? Why? What do they think of their chances?
Are they happy? Are their kids happy? What would they change, if they could?
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Here's a few more questions:
How do you explain to the kids the reason for them not having the other parent?
What do you choose to hold back from telling them so they aren't hurt or confused?
Is it easier to get the kids to obey because they don't have the other parent to play off of?
Have you ever had to fill the part of the other parent and felt uncomfortable or out of your league.give some examples. (this would be like dad taking a daughter bra shopping, or mom having the sex talk with a son....)
Imagine how you would have felt as a child having one parent and that may give you perspective of what the single parent is up against and you'll get inspiration for more questions
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I would say you have the basic questions you need to ask. Some additional questions to ask while intrusive also should be asked. They would be.
1. How did you come to be a single parent. i.e. unwed mother, widow, divorce.
2. Do you date? What is it like dating as a single parent. Is it different then when you were just single.
3. If divorced; how long were you married and what was the cause of the divorce; how old were you when you married.
Adding these questions to the ones you already have should give you a somewhat rounded look into the how, why and what it is like to be a single parent. From this you should be able to write whatever you are being asked to write on being a single parent,
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