The family is one of the main goals of every person, since he spends most of his life with it. No matter how many friends you have, none of them can replace the warmth and tranquility that relatives give.
What does incomplete family mean?
Today, unfortunately, it is difficult to surprise anyone with such a phenomenon. The definition of an incomplete family means the upbringing of a child by one of the parents. This happens due to various reasons: a child born out of wedlock, separation of parents, divorce, or even the death of one of the parents. Of course, this option is not ideal for a child, but sometimes it is a source of joy, freedom, happiness that could not be achieved with the standard family formula. Let’s take a closer look at what kind of family is considered incomplete.
Types of incomplete families: maternal and paternal. Most often, maternal single-parent families are widespread. A woman in the process of bearing, giving birth, feeding, as it were, gets used to the child. In addition, it is accepted that the care of children lies on women’s shoulders. A father can be a teacher. But at the same time, experts believe that the father reacts to the crying and smiling of the child, just like a woman. Incomplete paternal family in our time is less common, due to various circumstances. Fathers take responsibility for raising a child from early childhood, so their absence has become much more noticeable. But more often they are still breadwinners and earners, rather than educators.
Education in an incomplete family
When there are several children in such a family, this slightly compensates for the incompleteness. An older child can become an example for a younger one if adults behave correctly. It is known that in incomplete families, children compete much less and are more emotionally attached to each other. For parents who raise children in single-parent families, we want to give some advice:
- Talk to your child and listen to him. Stay in touch with him always. It is important for him to be heard when he talks about kindergarten or school.
- Treat the memory of the past with respect.
- Help him with behavior skills that match his gender.
- Do not shift the functions of absent parents onto the shoulders of children.
- Try to enter into a new marriage and return to life in a complete family.
Features of incomplete families
In orphaned families, despite the loss of a loved one, the remaining family members show solidarity and maintain family ties with all relatives along the line of the deceased. Such relationships continue even after entering into a second marriage, tk. this is considered the norm.
In divorced families, the child receives psychological trauma, a sense of fear, shame. Therefore, it is considered normal for the baby to hope for restoration, reunification of the relationship between father and mother.
A young incomplete family is formed when the father is against childbirth and the woman decides to raise the child alone. Then there is a threat that the single mother will later interfere in the child’s own family and will not want to share it with anyone.
Today, quite often young couples divorce in a fit of emotions, without thinking about how their child will grow up and how 
The features of an incomplete family will affect his psychological state.
Studies of the psychological features of an incomplete family show that children in such families are prone to disorders of the nervous system, they have reduced school performance, and have low self-esteem.
Therefore, before making any decisions about the composition of the family, think carefully not about your feelings, but about how this will all affect the child. Only patience and understanding of the child’s feelings can create a real family, and at the same time a happy childhood.