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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... adolescence to adult- hood . For many children , this transition is not an easy one . Some stop school prematurely because they feel hopeless about the future or because other activities seem more important at the time . Some young ...
... adolescence may be even more harmful than disruptions occurring in early childhood . Adolescence is a time when children need a great deal of parental supervision and emotional support , and it is a time when impulsive behavior has far ...
... adolescence can be just as dam- aging to children as disruptions in early childhood or at birth . Children whose parents break up during early adolescence are nearly 8 percentage points more likely to drop out of school than children ...
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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 |