Single Parenting in Canada

Canada's child rearing policy is a matter of debate. Today, Canada is one of the only advanced countries in the world where child-rearing is not planned in the country (Hurtig, 2002). Howe & Covell (2007) noted that "Canada has not made progress in promoting high-quality early learning and childcare systems, and even even establishing a wide range of high-quality courses is impossible." According to the 2000 campaign, the Early Childhood Education Program is an important part to reduce poverty and provide children with "the best starting point of life".

In Canada, since 1961, only 8.4% of children were brought up by single parents, so their families are very popular. In 2001, 15.6% of children were brought up by their parents. Although the number of single parent families continues to increase, the parents of mothers who raise children are four times more likely to be mothers. The proportion of mothers becoming the only parents is high, due to divorce, unwanted pregnancy, or inability to find the right partner. Children raised by a single parent are often disadvantaged by the characteristics raised by parents. Since both mothers and fathers contribute greatly to the growth of children, parents may be hindered in their ability to foster children.

The number of single parent families led by single mother and single father is increasing. In 1970 there was a single parent of 3 million, 393,000 people, and in 2006 there were 10 million single parents and 2.3 million single parents (US Census Bureau, 2005). More than 60% of children in America are living their lives in their own parent families (Simmons and O'Connell, 2003). These families have many of the same problems with different families like the demand for high quality daycare, but the single parent family has some unique problems. Parents usually share responsibility and supervision for their children and encourage and train as necessary. If there is only one parent, that parent must be the only economical and child - rearing resource and must be expanded to cover both areas.