How do we account for that apparent anomaly? She doesn’t have anyone to watch favorite movies with when she can’t find a babysitter. It is even more challenging for a single mother. After that the problems are considerably reduced. All parents worry about the safety of their children. Not to mention their boss and extended family, and yes, of course, their community. social, emotional and economic, a sample of 50 single mothers were selected by snowball sampling technique. In fact, about 75 percent of the increase in the white out-of-wedlock first-birth rate, and about 60 percent of the black increase, between 1965 and 1990 is directly attributable to the decline in shotgun marriages. The use of birth control pills at first intercourse by unmarried women jumped from 6 percent to 15 percent in just a few years, a change that suggests that a much larger fraction of all sexually active unmarried women began using the pill. Even women who would be willing to bear children out-of-wedlock could demand a promise of marriage in the event of pregnancy.The increased availability of contraception and abortion made shotgun weddings a thing of the past. In some places unmarried mothers are denied legal recognition of their status as a parent. Raising a child is a challenging experience. Men were willing to make (and keep) that promise for they knew that in leaving one woman they would be unlikely to find another who would not make the same demand. And as table 1 shows, that was indeed the case. As recently as 1990 it was just 7.9 percent. The black shotgun marriage ratio began to fall earlier than the white ratio and shows no significant change in trend around 1970. Single Mothers Are Not the Problem. It should be remembered that the proper care and nourishment of children should be the first goal of our society.It has been suggested that measures should be taken to make fathers pay for the support of their out-of-wedlock children. The struggles of being a single mom can hit you pretty bad. It is often difficult to legally establish the child's paternity, thus depriving the mother of any legal claim to assistance from the child's father.Even more common is social ostracism of unmarried mothers. Majority of the single mother reported that they felt lonely, helpless, hopeless, lack of identity and lack of confidence. The transformation in attitudes was captured by the New York Times in 1993: “In the old days’ of the 1960s, ’50s, and ’40s, pregnant teenagers were pariahs, banished from schools, ostracized by their peers or scurried out of town to give birth in secret.” Today they are “supported and embraced in their decision to give birth, keep their babies, continue their education, and participate in school activities.” Since out-of-wedlock childbearing no longer results in social ostracism, literally and figuratively, shotgun marriage no longer occurs at the point of the shotgun.The preceding discussion explains why the increased availability of abortion and contraception what we shall call the reproductive technology shock could have increased the out-of-wedlock birth rate. How joyful and proud they are to have the offspring they desire! One argument that appeals to conservatives is that of Charles Murray, who attributes the increase to overly generous federal welfare benefits. A study by Robert Moffitt in 1992 also found that welfare benefits can account for only a small fraction of the rise in the out-of-wedlock birth ratio.Liberals have tended to favor the explanation offered by William Julius Wilson. Majority of the single mothers found it hard to maintain discipline among the children due to absence of male members. In social sphere majority of single mothers tried to avoid attending social gatherings and had changed their dressing style due to depression they had develop poor food and eating habits. With sexual abstinence rare and the stigma of out-of-wedlock motherhood small, denying women access to abortion and contraception would only increase the number of children born out-of-wedlock and reared in impoverished single-parent families. All rights reserved. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.