Present statisticians estimate that half of all marriages will end with divorce. It is very normal to see a single parent family with a mother or a father in charge around us. It will also open in the air a question to us: whether a single parent can be successful in raising their children. In " Single parent: Successful parents?" by Deborah Black, the author writes:"... for a single parent, becoming a successful parent is a difficult journey and there is much negative evidence which says it can't be done." She wants to tell us that although a single parent has many difficulties in raising his or her children, at the end, he or she can be flourished. I personally disagree with the author's view. A single parent is unable to raise his or her children successfully because of his or her children' emotional troubles, the family's financial problems and children' senses of well- being.…