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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... fathers , even in families where the parents ' decision was mutual or where the father did not want the separation.26 Since the mother usually retains custody of the children , the father is often perceived as leaving the family , and ...
... fathers might make better single parents than mothers . Clearly , fathers have more in- come . If lack of economic resources is the key to why divorce has a negative effect on children , we might expect children in single- father ...
... fathers is also negatively affected by divorce . Com- pared with married fathers , divorced fathers experience higher lev- els of depression and psychological distress . Indeed , the emotional costs of divorce appear to be higher for ...
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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 |