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1.

Impact of Divorce, Single Parenting, and Stepparenting on Children » Read Now
by E. Mavis Hetherington, Josephine D. Arasteh. 408 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library
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Mother-Headed Families and Why They Have Increased » Read Now
by Ailsa Burns, Cath Scott. 226 pgs.

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...usually particularly interested in single parents. The narrower approaches are mostly...remarried, or all had previously been single parents although not divorced. We...
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Single Parents by Choice: A Growing Trend in Family Life » Read Now
by Naomi Miller. 230 pgs.

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...Single Parents by Choice A Growing Trend in Family Life Single Parents by Choice A Growing Trend in...Catalogtng-in-Publication Data Miller, Naomi. Single parents by choice...
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All Our Families: New Policies for a New Century: A Report of the Berkeley Family Forum (Chap. 2 "Single-Parent Families") » Read Now
by Mary Ann Mason, Arlene Skolnick, Stephen D. Sugarman. 272 pgs.

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Debates about the family have often focused on the idealized family of the 1950s-middle class - two parents & two children. This book looks at the majority of American families who do not live this ideal, including divorced families & step-families.
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Coping with Divorce, Single Parenting, and Remarriage: A Risk and Resiliency Perspective » Read Now
by E. Mavis Hetherington. 364 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...IN DIVORCED AND SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES...Children of Divorced Parents as Young Adults...great diversity in parents and childrens responses...divorce, life in a single-...
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Divorce, Single Parenting, and Child Development, in Journal of Psychology » Read Now
by Sharyn M. Crossman, Gerald R. Adams. 14 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...common and are frequently needed by single parents to offer daycare for their children...different from the other means. Single asterisks mean significant at...Enjoying...
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Women as Single Parents: Confronting Institutional Barriers in the Courts, the Workplace, and the Housing Market » Read Now
by Elizabeth A. Mulroy. 320 pgs.

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"As Michael Harrington's New American Poverty alerted readers to that problem, so the present collection makes readers aware of the various conditions of single parenting. . . . The institutional barriers of courts, housing, and workplace to the economic well-being of the female single parent are...
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"As Michael Harrington's New American Poverty alerted readers to that problem, so the present collection makes readers aware of the various conditions of single parenting. . . . The institutional barriers of courts, housing, and workplace to the economic well-being of the female single parent are explicitly and directly examined. Solid recommendations for institutionalizing change on the state and federal levels are made. The interdisciplinary expertise of the authors covers the fields of law, social work, urban planning, housing, economics, and public policy, all with solid academic preparation. Charts are clear and concise, and the laguage is direct and concrete." Choice
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To Work or Not to Work: Is That the Right Question?, in Review of Social Economy » Read Now
by Stephanie Seguino, Sandra S. Butler. 30 pgs.

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...constraints and conditions faced by single parents. This paper argues that a useful...might ask what are the interests single parents and how are those interests...
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The Parenting Roles and Goals of Single Black Full-Time Fathers, in The Western Journal of Black Studies » Read Now
by Roberta L. Coles. 16 pgs.

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Becoming a Father: Contemporary, Social, Developmental, and Clinical Perspectives (Chap. 7 "On Becoming a Single Father with Custody") » Read Now
by Jerrold Lee Shapiro, Michael J. Diamond, Martin Greenberg. 408 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
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Parenting Following Divorce: A Comparison of Black and White Single Mothers, in Journal of Comparative Family Studies » Read Now
by Mark A. Fine. Patrick C. McKenry. 13 pgs.

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...colleagues (1978) have referred to single parents as living a "chaotic" lifestyle...Wallerstein (1986) refers to some single parents as experiencing a "diminished...DIVORCE...
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Parenting and Child Development in "Nontraditional" Families » Read Now
by Michael E. Lamb. 368 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...deviant and inferior. In addition, single parents often have difficulty obtaining...friends have difficulty relating to single parents after the divorce...
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Expenditures of Single Parents: How Does Gender Figure In?, in Monthly Labor Review » Read Now
by Geoffrey D. Paulin, Yoon G. Lee. 22 pgs.

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Research Articles: Male African Americans, Single Parent Homes, and Educational Plans: Implications for Educators and Policymakers, in Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk » Read Now
by Eugene Kennedy, Mark Bateman. 22 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...number of families headed by single parents since 1970. However, single...families are headed by female single parents, and 25% of White families are headed by female...
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Poverty, Single-Parent Households, and Youth at-Risk Behavior: An Empirical Study, in Journal of Economic Issues » Read Now
by Dalton Garis. 29 pgs.

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...being raised by a single parent, or the offspring of divorced parents, include those...raised by both parents, and children raised by a single-parent, it is...