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Books on: single parents

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Single Parents by Choice: A Growing Trend in Family Life

Book by Naomi Miller; Insight Books, 1992

Subjects:

Single Mothers, Single Parents, Single-Parent Families

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...group were the "demanding" parents, who were perceived as unable...concluded that many of these parents had much to offer their children...needs. Some were members of single-parent groups, which they described...a group of single adoptive parents with couples who had adopted...
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Women as Single Parents: Confronting Institutional Barriers in the Courts, the Workplace, and the Housing Market

Book by Elizabeth A. Mulroy; Auburn House, 1988

Subjects:

Family Policy--United States, Single Mothers--United States, Single-Parent Families--United States

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...Some adoptive and biological single parents by choice are now married...determine how many single parents by choice were ever married. It is conceivable that single parents by choice could be distributed...four categories of single- parent families commonly identified...
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Coping with Divorce, Single Parenting, and Remarriage: A Risk and Resiliency Perspective

Book by E. Mavis Hetherington; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1999

Subjects:

Children Of Divorced Parents--Psychology, Divorce--Psychological Aspects, Divorced People--Psychology, Remarriage--Psychological Aspects, Single-Parent Families--Psychological Aspects, Stepfamilies--Psychological Aspects

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...permissive than parents from single-parent homes across most ecological...across niches. In summary, parents from intact homes from a variety...permissive and neglectful than parents from single-parent homes, although in most cases...
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Child Rearing in America: Challenges Facing Parents with Young Children

Book by Neal Halfon, Kathryn Taaffe McLearn, Mark A. Schuster; Cambridge University Press, 2002

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Child Health Services--United States, Child Rearing--United States, Family Life Surveys--United States, Parenting--United States, Parents--United States

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...satisfaction applies only to single mothers. Single fathers...that observed in two-parent families. Single parents employed full time are...predict satisfaction among single parents indicates that...age, child gender, parent employment, education...4.4 . In single-parent families, parents employed full-time...
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Why Boys Don't Talk--And Why It Matters: A Parent's Survival Guide to Connecting with Your Teen

Book by Susan Morris Shaffer, Linda Perlman Gordon; McGraw-Hill, 2005

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Communication--Sex Differences, Emotions In Adolescence, Parent And Teenager, Teenage Boys--Psychology, Teenage Boys--United States--Social Conditions

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...What We Can Learn from Single Parents One of the new realities...being raised by single parents. Its common knowledge...about whether a single parent can raise a son successfully...flourish in a single- parent home. All parents can learn from the...

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Journal Articles on: single parents

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Expenditures of Single Parents: How Does Gender Figure in? Regression Analysis Indicates That, for the Most Part, Expenditure Patterns Are the Same for Both Families Headed by a Single Father and Families Headed by a Single Mother; among the Few Differences Found Were Effects Due to Income, Marital Status, and Age

Journal article by Geoffrey D. Paulin, Yoon G. Lee; Monthly Labor Review, Vol. 125, 2002

Subjects:

Sex role--Analysis, Single parents--Finance

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...for never-married parents. (17) In yet another...clothing expenditures of single-parent households, also using...divorced or separated parents and 1 in 8 dollars (12 percent) for widowed parents. Clothing, health...shares for each type of single parent. (See Lino, "Financial...
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The Allocation of Food Expenditure in Married- and Single-Parent Families

Journal article by Kathleen M. Ziol-Guest, Thomas Deleire, Ariel Kalil; Journal of Consumer Affairs, Vol. 40, 2006

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Food buying--Analysis, Food buying--Finance, Grocery shopping--Analysis, Grocery shopping--Finance, Single parent family--Economic aspects, Single-parent family--Economic aspects

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...parent families and single-parent families. Single-parent families are a combination...and never-married parents, regardless of the...Analysis for Sex of Single Parent:
Parents (n = 44,362 weeks...
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Parent/child Relationships in Single-parent Families

Journal article by Lawrence J. Walker, Karl H. Hennig; Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, Vol. 29, 1997

Subjects:

Child psychology, Single parent family

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...which suggest that single - parent families are viewed...both children and parents (see Table 1...both children and parents from two - parent families evidenced...than those from single - parent families...that children in single - parent households who...raised by same - sex parents will display better...
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Spending Patterns and Income of Single and Married Parents

Journal article by Maureen Boyle; Monthly Labor Review, Vol. 112, 1989

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Consumption (Economics)--Surveys, Parents--Statistics, Poverty--Analysis, Single parents--Economic aspects, United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics--Surveys

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...or household.8 Single-parent families include...unit. Married parents include those consumer...in the sample of single-parent units...text: "single-parent$" for single parent units, "married parents" for married parent...
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Family Policies and Children's School Achievement in Single- versus Two-parent Families

Journal article by Suet-Ling Pong, Jaap Dronkers, Gillian Hampden-Thompson; Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 65, 2003

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Academic achievement, Children & youth, Families & family life, New Zealand, Parents & parenting, Single parents, United States

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...greater proportions of single-parent families when cohabiting...Alternatively, where single parents are politically organized...proportion of single-parent families may be positively...concentration of children from single-parent homes. Such a detrimental...the fact that single parents had fewer economic resources...

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Magazine Articles on: single parents

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Q: Are Single-Parent Families a Major Cause of Social Dysfunction?

Magazine article by Patrick Fagan, Stephanie Coontz; Insight on the News, Vol. 13, December 8, 1997

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Divorce--Social aspects, Single-parent family--Social aspects

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...growing up in two-parent families, girls who are in single-parent families at age...marriage than their parents, all other things...a year, married parents dont exist for 45...when the rate of single-parent families reaches...
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Getting Your Groove Back! A Single Parent's Guide to Dating

Magazine article by Shirley Henderson; Ebony, Vol. 62, April 2007

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Dating (Social customs), Single parents--Social aspects

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...Saturday night, some single parents find themselves at home watching...a 36-year-old single parent and mother of 3-year-old...particularly if they are the custodal parent. However, dating in the millennium has afforded single parents some different options, includ...dating, online matches and singles soirees. Not all singles...
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Single-parent Soldiers

Magazine article by Claudia Crossland; Soldiers, Vol. 61, June 2006

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Armed forces, Army-US, Military deployment, Single parents

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Single-parent Soldiers by Claudia Crossland...duty to country. For single parents, choosing a career in the...lifestyle, being a single parent in the military," Merriel said. With the support of her parents, who took care of Sam during...
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Who Should Kids Live with in Single-Parent Homes?

Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 126, May 1998

Subjects:

Child rearing--Research, Family policy--Research, Single parent family--Research, Single-parent family--Research

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...Who Should Kids Live with in Single-Parent Homes? Results from...belief that children in single-parent households are better off living with their same-sex parent. The research revealed no...lived or had lived in single-parent households. They examined...including relationships with parents and friends, grades, misbehavior...
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Single-parent Homes Factors in Children's Mental Health

Magazine article; Review - Institute of Public Affairs, Vol. 55, March 2003

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Children & youth, Families & family life, Illnesses, Single parents, Sweden

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Single-parent Homes Factors in Childrens...Children growing up in single-parent homes are at twice the risk...Children with single parents were twice as likely as others...if they lived with a sole parent, and boys were four times...

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Newspaper Articles on: single parents

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The Babies of Single Mothers Are Three Times as Likely to Die; Single Life: Lone Parents Tend to Be Poorer

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 24, 2007

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Single mothers

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

The Babies of Single Mothers Are Three Times as Likely to Die; Single Life: Lone Parents Tend to Be Poorer. Byline: Daniel Martin SINGLE mothers are three times more likely to give birth to children whodie young than married professionals...
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THE Single Parent Trap; CUTTING BENEFITS WILL ADD TO NUMBER OF KIDS IN POVERTY, NOT REDUCE IT

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), July 8, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

THE Single Parent Trap; CUTTING BENEFITS WILL ADD TO...CLINTON MANNING SLASHING benefits of single parents who dont look for work will increase...trap." The Government says getting single parents to work is the best route out of poverty...
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Single Parents 'Must Stop Living off Their Benefits'

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), February 9, 2007

Subjects:

Children

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Single Parents Must Stop Living off Their Benefits...Northfield). Ladywood has 4,000 single parents on income support -the fourth highest...Sparkbrook and Small Heath has 3,170 single parents relying in benefits and there are 2...
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Sizing Up Vacations for Single Parents and Kids

Newspaper article by Jacky Runice; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 10, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...great time. Single parents need to keep...welcomes single-parent families this...specifically to single parents. The Single Parent Hampton Mingle...Finally, single parents have their own...offered by Single Parent Tours are created...
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Single-Parent Homes Expected to Soar in Next Two Decades; RISE WILL PUT GREATER PRESSURE ON WALES' AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), September 30, 2010

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Single-Parent Homes Expected...THE number of single-parent households in Wales...households led by lone parents will increase from 102...to 35% of cohabiting parents. She continued: "The increase in single parent families is not inevitable. For most single parents its not a lifestyle...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: single parents

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Parent Education

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...partly, of increasing single-parent households and working...independent school-parents partnerships with...National Congress of Parents and Teachers. See...Viertel, Becoming Parents (1979); C. Cataldo, Parent Education for Early...
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Self-Help Group

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...diseases, child abuse, suicide, and crime. Groups concerned with a shared situation include those for the elderly, single parents, and homosexuals. The definition of such groups sometimes includes social-advocacy organizations and halfway services...
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School

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...and recreation programs. In addition, with the increase in the number of households where both parents work and in the number of single-parent households, programs such as Head Start have been established to care for preschool children...
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Isherwood, Christopher

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...1945), The World in the Evening (1954), Down There on a Visit (1962), A Single Man (1964), and Meeting by the River (1967) and a study of his parents, Kathleen and Frank (1971). Isherwood was an early advocate of discarding the...
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Puffin

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...and the Pacific puffin, Lunda cirrhata, to California. The female lays a single egg, which is incubated mainly by the female. The chick is fed fish by both parents, and is abruptly deserted after 6 weeks. The adolescent puffin stays alone...

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