Oniye, Abdulrazaq OlayinkaOdebode, Aminat AdeolaAdegboyega, Lateef Omotosho2024-04-242024-04-242017Centrepoint Journal (Humanities Edition)https://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/123456789/12820Due to different lifestyles that now permeate the Nigerian society, single parenthood which in the past decades was alien to the Nigerian culture has been on a geometric increase. This study investigated the problems associated with single parenting as expressed by literate single parents in Ilorin metropolis. The differences in the respondents' expression on the bases of gender, age and type of occupation were also examined. Two hundred (200) literate single parents were selected in Ilorin metropolis using convenience sampling technique. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The instrument used was a researcher-designed questionnaire entitled "Problems Associated with Single Parenting Questionnaire (PAPSQ)". The validity of the instrument was done by experts in the Department of Counsellor Education, University of Ilorin while its reliability was ascertained using test-retest reliability method with r-value of 0.68. The data collected were analysed using t-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) statistical tools at 0.05 alpha level. The findings showed that the problems associated with single parenting are loneliness, sense of guilt, deteriorating health profile, financial difficulty, and inability to give children adequate discipline among others. The findings also revealed that there were no significant differences in the problems associated with single parenting on the bases of age, gender and type of occupation of the respondents. Based on the findings, it was recommended that counsellors, psychologists, family therapists and social workers should sensitise people about problems associated with single parenting. In addition, single parents should be helped to resolve and cope with the problems associated with single parenting.enProblemsSingle ParentingLiterate AdultsIlorin MetropolisArticle