Outline Genre Project – Davina

This is a Video Interview – The Life of A Single-Parent

Intro: Hello everyone! My name is Davina Moore and today I would like to discuss the effects of single-parent households on child development and how we, as a collective, can shed some light on the negativity surrounding this topic. I have interviewed some remarkable women of various backgrounds, who have one thing in common. They are all single mothers. I also interviewed a professor in Sociology that can help us understand from a socioeconomic point of view on why social norms play a significant role in the outpour of negativity surrounding single-parent households.

Body: Interview Questions

Questions for single mothers. Introducing them, Name, Age, Occupation, How many children they have and when they became a single mother.

1. How are you coping with being a single mother?
2. Do you think your children are happy?
3. How are they doing at daycare/school?
4. How do you think you can do better as a mother, or do you think you are doing great already?
5. If you could give advice to your pregnant self, what would that advice be?

Thank you for joining me and opening up about your life as a single mother.

Questions for Sociology professor. Introducing them, Name, Occupation, How long have you been a professor.

1. Why do you think there’s so much negativity around single-parent households?
2. How do social norms play into the effect on the children in single-parent households?
3. Is there a solution to helping low-income single-parent households to better themselves? What would that entail?
4. Do you think that now that president-elect, Donald Trump, will be back in office, would have a negative impact on how the government can help low-income single-parent households.

Thank you for joining me and shedding some light on how social norms can impact the way we take care of our children and in helping them thrive.

Outro:  As a single mother of a 2-year-old little girl, I am terrified of not being enough for my daughter to be able succeed and be happy in life. I have had ups and downs in navigating motherhood on my own. From doctors telling me that my daughter may need to be evaluated, to her daycare teachers telling me how smart and wonderful she is. From not knowing how I am going to build a life for her, to pursuing a college degree. This video is for all the single parents who have had the seed of doubt planted in them, whether by sitting on google researching how to raise a child alone, like I have. Being told by family, friends or even strangers that your child will fall behind. I hope that this video will help you in finding that all is not lost just because you are raising your child or children alone. Hard work, faith, and love can be the factors that push them to succeed and be happy in life. They will remember the sacrifices you made along the way to ensure that they can pursue their goals and dreams in life.