Strengths and challenges of single mothers in Helsinki
Dawadi, Sonu (2019)
2019
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2019112522277
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Sonu Dawadi
Strengths and challenges of single mothers in Helsinki
49 pages and 2 Appendix
November 2019
Diaconia University of Applied Sciences
Bachelor of Social Services
Single parent family is one of the existing forms of families in Finland. In Uusimaa region the proportion of single parent family is about 23 percent and 80 percent is headed by single mothers. Viewing this fact, this study was undertaken to know the strengths, challenges and experiences of sin-gle mothers in Helsinki. Qualitative research was carried out using a semi- structured interview method to collect the information. Five single mothers living in Helsinki were selected with the help of work-life partner (Pienper-heyhdistys ry) and interviewed for this thesis. Information collected from the interviews was analyzed under six different themes. The result shows that there are both strengths and challenges of single mothers.
The main challenges faced by single mothers are difficulties in managing timetables for their work, children and household activities, and lack of time-ly information about the support and services for single mothers. Easier in decision making, a good bond between mothers and children, and the op-portunity to become a role model for their children are some of the positive things or strengths of single mothers.
Based on the experience of the single mothers interviewed for this thesis, it is concluded that single-parent families are also a complete family or as good as a family with two parents. A little more effort from themselves and some support from governmental and non-governmental organizations to minimize their workload and loneliness would help them to feel like a com-plete family.
Keywords: family, single parent, single mother, strength, challenge, social capital
Strengths and challenges of single mothers in Helsinki
49 pages and 2 Appendix
November 2019
Diaconia University of Applied Sciences
Bachelor of Social Services
Single parent family is one of the existing forms of families in Finland. In Uusimaa region the proportion of single parent family is about 23 percent and 80 percent is headed by single mothers. Viewing this fact, this study was undertaken to know the strengths, challenges and experiences of sin-gle mothers in Helsinki. Qualitative research was carried out using a semi- structured interview method to collect the information. Five single mothers living in Helsinki were selected with the help of work-life partner (Pienper-heyhdistys ry) and interviewed for this thesis. Information collected from the interviews was analyzed under six different themes. The result shows that there are both strengths and challenges of single mothers.
The main challenges faced by single mothers are difficulties in managing timetables for their work, children and household activities, and lack of time-ly information about the support and services for single mothers. Easier in decision making, a good bond between mothers and children, and the op-portunity to become a role model for their children are some of the positive things or strengths of single mothers.
Based on the experience of the single mothers interviewed for this thesis, it is concluded that single-parent families are also a complete family or as good as a family with two parents. A little more effort from themselves and some support from governmental and non-governmental organizations to minimize their workload and loneliness would help them to feel like a com-plete family.
Keywords: family, single parent, single mother, strength, challenge, social capital