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. |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-3 von 89
... families with two parents . 14 Nor is this disparity limited to a particular point in time . Single - mother families have had higher poverty rates than other families for as far back as we have data on poverty and family income . Of ...
... 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 widowers than single ...
... family commitments and make it even more difficult to enforce parental responsibility . HELPING TWO - PARENT FAMILIES In addition to informing parents of the potential costs associated with family disruption , we believe that the ...
Inhalt
Why We Care about Single Parenthood | 1 |
How Father Absence Lowers Childrens | 19 |
Which Outcomes Are Most Affected | 39 |
Urheberrecht | |
5 weitere Abschnitte werden nicht angezeigt.
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Growing Up with a Single Parent: What Hurts, What Helps Sara McLanahan,Gary D. Sandefur Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2009 |