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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... relationship between fathers and chil- dren , family disruption affects the mother - child relationship . Most single mothers are forced to fill two roles simultaneously , without adequate support . Not surprisingly , some experience ...
... relationship between family structure and high school graduation and work does not disappear among boys once we adjust for test scores is important and relates back to our theory of why growing up in a one - parent family adversely ...
... relationship is not perfect . Nearly 70 percent of the young mothers in our samples eventually obtained a diploma , compared with over 90 percent of the young women who did not have a child by age twenty . If we count only high school ...
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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 |