Divorce

When growing up it is ideal for any individual whether it be a child, teenager and even adults to have a nuclear family. A nuclear family is when both parents are still together and raise their family as a whole. In society today, nuclear families are not as common as they have been in the past. It is common now for individuals to grow up in a single parent home whether it is with their mother or father du to separation or divorce. I myself have experienced and still am experiencing living and being raised in a single parent home. I was about 15 years old when my parents had decided to part ways, in that moment in time I felt as if my whole world had started to crumble into pieces. I often questioned how my life would be in the future and thought nothing but negative things. As time progressed, I realized that staying bitter and being pessimistic about everything would not help the situation. Going through many hardships and challenges during this time had showed me that I am not alone; a lot of individuals are put in the same situation as I am and it could have been worse. Although having both parents is everything an individual would want in their life, growing up in a single parent home is just the same.   Growing up in a single parent home does not make an individuals life any different than another person growing up in a nuclear home. It is really up to individuals to look past the negative things in their life, such as divorce, and turn them into positive and make their life better. Through my experiences I had learned that growing up in a single parent home not only made me stronger as a person but also taught me many things such as different responsibilities, helped me mature as a person and changed my views on things compared to one that is placed in a nuclear family.
As months flew by after the divorce, I had taken the role or mother figure for my little brother Brandon. I had more responsibilities that I had ever had compared to when my parents were...