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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... loss of commitment and loss of trust - are consistent with the notion that father absence leads to a loss of social capital for the child.23 These losses are experienced not just by children who lived with their fathers for some time ...
... loss of resources leads to lower child well - being . Schooling Achievement Perhaps the most obvious way in which income loss affects chil- dren's educational achievement is by lowering the quality of the schools they attend . Parents ...
... loss associated with family disruption . By focusing on divorces and separations that occur dur- ing adolescence , we exaggerate the loss . Family income usually goes up as parents get older , and thus the income loss is potentially ...
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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 |