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Lack of parental fulfilment

Name(s):

Stress of parenthood

Nature

Many parents find that their children are not the source of joy and satisfaction that they expected.

Incidence

Two-thirds of single parents in the UK are divorced. For many it was the arrival of children, together with failed expectations, financial difficulties and loss of independence, that precipitated the break up of the the marriage.

Claim

Statistics show that marriages without children are much safer. Children can break up a relationship that would survive quite happily otherwise.

Broader

Childlessness

Discontented marriages

Narrower

Paternity

Son-less families

Negative effects of maternity

Aggravates

Parental favouritism ^{[in 2 loops]}

Aggravated by

Disabled children

Work-family discord

Confusion of paternity

Children of convenience

Undervaluation of children

Coercive population control

Denial of the right to procreate

Value(s)

Reference(s)

Eekelaar, J and Sarcevic, Petar: Parenthood in Modern Society: legal and social issues for the twenty-first century

Type

(E) Emanations of other problems

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