There are many views in which society sees the family unit. In recent years the rate of divorce has sky rocketed. Does this mean that we are becoming a dysfunctional society, becoming more accustomed and willing to accept the role of a single parent, or are we just creating disoriented children? In this paper, I will compare and contrast two family structures. One which is composed of a single parent and the other with the typical two parent house hold. Sandra grew up without the presence of a father figure in her life while Myriam was raised by both parents.
             Sandra's life is very different from Myriam's in many ways; for example, Myriam had a mother and a father in her house hold, while Sandra only lived with her mother. At the young age of two, Sandra's mother, Marcie, separated from her husband Samuel and took her two children away from him. As a single parent, Marcie had to work long hours leaving her children at home with no one to look over them. Sandra, aware of this, went out all of the time and just made sure to be at home by the time her mother got off from work. Myriam, on the other hand, grew up in a family where both parents were present. Her parents, married for thirty-two years gave her emotional support and helped her become responsible and able to take authority both from father and mother. Myriam's parents both shared equal responsibilities in raising them. Her mom took care of the emotional support while her father was the care taker and provider of the family. In Sandra's house hold Marcie was the only r!
             esponsible one for their financial support and was not really by her children's side when they needed her.
             The support given by her parents helped Myriam to successfully finish high school and attend college. Both of her parents taught her and her sisters the importance of an education in their lives. In Sandra's case, her mother had other wor
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