Growing Up With a Single Parent: What Hurts, What HelpsHarvard University Press, 1994 - 196 Seiten Nonwhite and white, rich and poor, born to an unwed mother or weathering divorce, over half of all children in the current generation will live in a single-parent family--and these children simply will not fare as well as their peers who live with both parents. This is the clear and urgent message of this powerful book. Based on four national surveys and drawing on more than a decade of research, Growing Up with a Single Parent sharply demonstrates the connection between family structure and a child's prospects for success. |
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... poor attendance records are usually children with other behavioral problems . At this point we cannot say why some children from disrupted families are doing poorly in school . Their relatively poor aptitude and performance could be due ...
... Poor and near - poor two - parent families receive virtually nothing in the way of government - subsidized help with childcare , because they pay no taxes . If we made the childcare tax credit a refundable credit , this would make the ...
... poor or near - poor two - parent families , we must do more to help single - parent families . While many people complain about the high cost of welfare , we actually do much less for single mothers than do other Western countries . And ...
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Why We Care about Single Parenthood | 1 |
How Father Absence Lowers Childrens | 19 |
Which Outcomes Are Most Affected | 39 |
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Growing Up with a Single Parent: What Hurts, What Helps Sara McLanahan,Gary D. Sandefur Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2009 |