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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... children who grow up with only one parent have done better if their parents had stayed to- gether ? The first question is easy , and social scientists agree about the facts in this case . Children who live with both parents do better ...
... children is more dis- advantaged ? Are multiple changes more harmful to children , or are long periods of exposure ... live with a single mother for less than five years are about as successful as children who live with a single mother ...
... children . DO STEPPARENTS MAKE A DIFFERENCE ? Whether or not a mother remarries — or , in the case of an unwed mother , marries - is another factor that shapes children's ... children do better when they live What Hurts and What Helps 71.
Inhalt
Why We Care about Single Parenthood | 1 |
How Father Absence Lowers Childrens | 19 |
Which Outcomes Are Most Affected | 39 |
Urheberrecht | |
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Growing Up with a Single Parent: What Hurts, What Helps Sara McLanahan,Gary D. Sandefur Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2009 |