As per the observations of madras high-court single parenting can have adverse effects on the society. The high-court mentioned that single parenting could be a dangerous concept for the society as the child needs the love and care of both mother and father.
In the order of the year 2016, the court had suggested to the union ministry of women and child development about considering castration for criminals of child abuse and rapists as an additional punishment alongside the already present ones under the Protection of Children from sexual offences (POSCO) Act, IPC and the juvenile justice act.
The court justice Kirubakaran also noted that the family system had changed over a period of time from joint to nuclear and recently to single parenting. The court also harped upon the point of bifurcation of union ministry of women and child development and start a dedicated ministry itself for child development.
The court also instructed the state government to conduct awareness programs with regard to crime against children amongst the other directions it gave. As per the court single parenting was a concept that was dangerous to the society and true to because there could be umpteen other challenges or obstacles that a single parent can also face besides the child. These challenges include those like taking multiple responsibilities because a single parent has to take the load of the both the parents, be it any kind of responsibility, time management, finance burden and child management. It takes a two to tango truly goes with parenting as one parent cannot manage all the responsibilities alone. It is tough and its even tougher for the child to not get a balance of both parents. Thus, what the high court said around the concept of single parenting does make sense in every way, aint it?
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