The importance of balance is very evident in life. There are a lot of scenarios that reminds us why it is important to balance things out in life and one of those important cases is in the raising of a child because of the various factors involved and the numerous possible outcomes.
The mother and the father play varying but important roles that would cumulatively shape the life of the child. Which is why having both parents is a blessing.
Sometimes, circumstances makes it impossible for a child to have the privilege of dual parental guidance. Sometimes they don't even have any parent at all to raise them.
"Two good heads are better than one" and this applies to parenting too because the truth is that having two good parents is better than one.
The roles will be shared and regardless of the busy schedules or constraints, the child would definitely receive more care than if it was one parent.
This is amplified if more than one child is involved because the more the children, the more difficult it becomes and handling this task as a single parent becomes extremely demanding.
Life is such that sometimes two different individuals face the same circumstances and turn out differently while another group face different circumstances and turn out the same. There is no manual or rule guiding life and outcomes but then parents must try their best as if it all depends on their efforts.
Some people who had good parents turned out badly while some people who had no parents turned out fine and vice versa.
All in all, upbringing is important in a child regardless of the number of parents or not. Life does not offer us chance to question it and as such, if one finds himself as an only parent, the onus falls on him or her to raise the child as two good parents, however difficult it would prove to be.
If as a relative like an aunt, uncle or even grandparent and the upbringing of a child falls on you due to several factors. It is best to put in your 100% and do as good a job as possible because the only excuse is death.
Take care of the child and raise him or her to the best of your ability.
You will be glad you did and the child will be grateful too.
The future of a child could well be different depending on his upbringing and number of parents but this is something that we can't really know for sure how different it could have been.
The Igbos have a saying that "one man doesn't raise a child, it's the duty of the community" this is to say that the more adults guiding and correcting a child the better. So even in a single parent setting, if other adults or elders get themselves involved, even passively, the child would not lack attention and may not notice the absence of the missing parent in such a setting.
