Nowadays, faced with spatial, economic and environmental constraints, kinship relationships are transforming; is parenthood still experienced in the same way ? Sprawling, unlimited? The answer is that we are now seeing a restriction of the space of parenthood and a segmentation of community groups. From this point of view, parenthood is seen as a code of conduct, interpersonal skills and know-how which are expressed throughout daily situations in words, actions, sharing, emotions and pleasures, in recognition of the child., but also, in authority, requirement, coherence and continuity. The objective of this article is to analyze the influence of parents’ words on the psychological balance of children from single-parent families in Benin. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study with an inductive aim. Individual interviews were carried out with the children, parents and resource persons on the basis of questionnaires relating to the influence of speech. Analysis of the data reveals that many children from single-parent families cannot stand being teased by their parent (19.62%). The child lacking affection or emotional rejection (18.35%). It is in the same wake that bad words (17.02%), comparisons (14.55%), unpleasant labels (12.02%), stigmatization (9.49%) and bad appreciations (6.96%). Thus, this study shows that children are influenced in their development by the words of their parent. So, by favoring kind words, appreciations, dialogue, communication, they will be able to contribute to the development and well-being of their children.