BLACK SINGLE PARENTS WEEK, NTL.
Categories: Family & Friends, Romance, Love & Sexuality, Women, Men& United Kingdom & Ireland
Location: United States & United Kingdom
Type of Event: Weekly Event
Updated: May 25, 2024
Location: United States & United Kingdom
Type of Event: Weekly Event
Updated: May 25, 2024
About National Black Single Parents Week
"Black Single Parents Week is a national grassroots effort which started in England by the social media group Black Parenting Network. It is an informal event and can occur the week of Memorial Day or the first week of June. The event seeks to raise awareness to the challenges faced by Black parents, but also provide support and tools.
Black single parents can sometimes find themselves more stigmatized, unsupported and isolated than white single parents. Racism and media stereotyping about black families is often at the root of this. However these issues can also be compounded by a lack of historical family and community roots, poverty, and a lack of knowledge about the facilities and resources available for single parents.
Historically the black extended family and tighter knit communities took responsibility for parenting of children. As a consequence parents who were left as lone parents were able to call upon the help of a variety of people for support. However, in the diaspora, the black community is much more disparate and for many parents the extended family is ruptured by the realities of geographical distance and western nuclear family lifestyles.
The attitude of government agencies to single parents can also be problematic at times with policies and tax regimes that appear to favor married couples and seem to over burden single parents with responsibility for making arrangements for child support.
Despite this many single parents do an excellent job in often difficult circumstances and there are many high achievers who have done so from single parent families. Obama was raised predominantly. In addition the media often overlooks the fact that many single parents have made the decision to be alone as a positive alternative to a two parent family. This is particularly the case when the alternative may have been to remain in an abusive relationship.
Whatever the circumstances clearly there is a need for less criticism and more support and appropriately tailored services to empower and enable single parents."
Black single parents can sometimes find themselves more stigmatized, unsupported and isolated than white single parents. Racism and media stereotyping about black families is often at the root of this. However these issues can also be compounded by a lack of historical family and community roots, poverty, and a lack of knowledge about the facilities and resources available for single parents.
Historically the black extended family and tighter knit communities took responsibility for parenting of children. As a consequence parents who were left as lone parents were able to call upon the help of a variety of people for support. However, in the diaspora, the black community is much more disparate and for many parents the extended family is ruptured by the realities of geographical distance and western nuclear family lifestyles.
The attitude of government agencies to single parents can also be problematic at times with policies and tax regimes that appear to favor married couples and seem to over burden single parents with responsibility for making arrangements for child support.
Despite this many single parents do an excellent job in often difficult circumstances and there are many high achievers who have done so from single parent families. Obama was raised predominantly. In addition the media often overlooks the fact that many single parents have made the decision to be alone as a positive alternative to a two parent family. This is particularly the case when the alternative may have been to remain in an abusive relationship.
Whatever the circumstances clearly there is a need for less criticism and more support and appropriately tailored services to empower and enable single parents."
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