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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... parents take the latter very seriously . And finally , we believe that much can be learned from studying the factors that buffer children from the negative consequences of rare events . These same factors are likely to be important ...
... parents now . Some have as many as four or five parents , depending on how often their biological parents have married . We frequently use the term " disrupted family " to characterize children whose biological parents live apart . All ...
... parents live together or apart . Indeed , the child may be better off if the parents separate . On the other hand , if both parents are reasonable people and care about the child , and if conflict arises because one ( or both ) of the ...
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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 |