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Single-parent families
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- ISBN: 9780737775280
- ISBN: 0737775289
- ISBN: 9780737775297
- ISBN: 0737775297
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272 pages ; 24 cm. - Publisher: Farmington Hills, Mich : Greenhaven Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2016]
Contents / Notes
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-256) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Ch. 1. How do single-parent families affect children and communities? The nuclear family is the best option for children and society / Kay Hymowitz -- Traditional ideas of family are outdated and must evolve to be relevant in modern society / Katie Roiphe -- The breakdown of marriage norms hurts society / Ryan T. Anderson -- Marriage, parenthood, and public policy / Ron Haskins -- Poverty and income inequality hurt children more than family structure / David Green -- Single-parent families exacerbate income inequality / Robert I. Lerman and W. Bradford Wilcox -- Ch. 2. What challenges do single-parent families face? There is a double standard in single parenting / Ellen Friedrichs -- Single parenting is difficult but very satisfying / Kristin Leong -- Single motherhood is demanding / Sash Milne -- Single fatherhood is difficult / Dave Taylor -- Children need fathers to provide stability and act as role models / Elizabeth Stuart -- Children are not necessarily damaged by the absence of fathers / Michele Weldon -- Ch. 3. How should the government treat single-parent families? Stronger federal economic and social policies would help single-parent families / Barack Obama -- Federal policies discourage marriage and perpetuate government dependence / Louie Gohmert -- The government should be promoting marriage / Marco Rubio -- The government should not be promoting marriage / Stephanie Mencimer -- New benefits of marriage study actually hints at the horrors of middle age / Maya Dusenbery -- Ch. 4. What policies may help single-parent families? Family planning is essential to strengthening families and helping children / Isabel V. Sawhill -- Single parents should be better educated / Brink Lindsey -- How mandatory minimums forced me to send more than 1,000 nonviolent drug offenders to federal prison / Mark W. Bennett -- Immigration reform would benefit many single-parent families / Clarissa Martinez-De-Castro -- A minimum-wage hike would help single-parent families / Thomas E. Perez -- A minimum-wage hike would not benefit single-parent families / Chantal Lovell. |
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