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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... expect to go to college , even though they clearly have the ability , are less motivated to work hard in high school than youngsters who expect to go on to college . In large part , lower expectations reflect the lack of in- come that ...
... expect to find differences in the test scores of these children prior to dropping out . If , on the other hand , children in one - parent families are just as talented as their peers but are forced to stop school prematurely in order to ...
... expect children in single- father families to do better than children in single - mother families . A father also provides a male role model , which may be especially important for boys . Finally , single fathers are more likely to be ...
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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 |