Parent absence and its effect on children - Speech or Presentation Example

Introduction I. Attention-getting device: “May I have the favor of having those members of the audience raise their hands that were raised by a single parent, or were brought up by someone other than a biological parent? Ok, who has ever heard of the term parent absence? Yes, thank you. Understandably, the term speaks for itself, but its effects on the life of children that go through it are far deeper and complicated to understand.” II. Definition: According to the United States legal system, the term parent absence is referred to a parent who abandons their child and fails to maintain contact with their child.

It literally means complete absence. III. Personal credibility: I can speak with immense surety over this topic because I know what it feels like to grow up in the parental absence because guess what? I was too unfortunate to have any of my both parents with me since I remember. At a very early stage in my life, I was abandoned by both of my parents. My mother abandoned me right at birth and left me to the mercy of my father. It only took my father six years from then to carve me out of his life.

Luckily, my paternal grandmother was kind enough to pick up the rejected and despised evidence of my parents’ marriage, and take on the responsibilities that my parents naturally and principally assumed; raising me. These incidences were decisive and defining moments of my life, incidences that I abhor, but can never carve out of my mind no matter how hard I try. I can’t tell you in how many ways the absence of my parents has affected my well-being and I continue to experience its effects to this date in my adult life. IV. Thesis: Active parents are very essential to a child’s wellbeing.

Their existence assists in the behavioral, sociological, and cognitive development of children. Kids that have a relationship with their parents fair better in society than those who don’t. V. Preview: I shall discuss why it is so important to be a part of your child’s life by pointing out long-term psychological, sociological, and behavioral challenges a child may experience without a parent. Body Parental absence affects a child psychologically. According to (Kelch-Oliver), children raised in parental absence display impaired learning behavior.

They have difficulties in school enrolment (Zirima 24). These children are more likely than other children to visit and obtain assistance from psychologists and counselors. This can be attributed to parental absence because when one has no parents, there is no one who is even close to a parent that a child may feel confident confiding their secrets in. Understandably, such children do not have anyone to discuss their confusions and craziest queries with. Years of frustration comes out in the form of depression, Research confirms that “…parent absence during childhood is associated with mildly increased levels of depression in adulthood” (Amato).

Some of you might think; OK, they don’t have parents, but they have got friends! Not many! Hard to understand, isn’t it? But that’s a fact. Besides the emotional and mental disorders caused by parental absence, a child may also exhibit sociological disorders. These children have difficulty making friends because somewhere in their heart and mind, they don’t have any confidence in relationships. As a child with impaired learning and nobody to guide in education,