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Single Parent or Two Parent Family?

indicates a healthy two parent household, where the parents are married, is better for a child than a single parent family structu...

American Families and Single Parents

In ten pages this paper discusses single dual parenting and considers the differences between Caucasian and African single parents...

Families with Single Parents and Family Therapy Implications

parent, and have difficulties in terms of adequate supervision. II. Review of the Literature and Application to the Single-Par...

Impact of Mom-Only Families

The literature is finally taking into consideration family structure and family dynamics when comparing the outcomes of children l...

Ideal Family and Parenting Configurations

families experienced small decreases in academic achievement and increases in behavior problems (Magnuson and Berger, 2009). Accor...

Changing Family Structures and Family Health

will have on the population of Victoria. To undertake this there need to be an assessment of the way in which the family structure...

Parents and Accountability

In this paper consisting of five pages the issue of whether schools or parents should be accountable for educating children is dis...

Family and Sociological Theory

made even in consideration of the fact that alternative families differ in several respects from the traditional concept of a nucl...

Do Children Living With Their Mom Only do Worse

The incidence of children living in single-parent homes continues to increase and it is usually the mother raising the children. M...

Scholastic Achievement and Families with Single Parents

for, for example). They strongly recommend that school staff make themselves aware of the kind of constraints which are faced by s...

Education and Single Parent Families

parenting and education is heated. There are those who make a case for the desire to build the nuclear family model. Paton & Kirku...

Generations of the Future and the Effects of New Family Structures

In six pages this paper discusses how new family structures will impact future families with blended families and single mother he...

Failure of the American Family as a Sociological Model

In six pages this paper discusses the various issues that have undermined the American nuclear family as a failed sociological mod...

Juvenile Crime and Families with Single Parents

In fifteen pages this paper examines juvenile delinquency in a consideration of the relationship between youth crime incidence and...

Digital Age and Parental Direction and Discipline

is directly influenced and affected by the relationship between a child and his or her primary caregivers during the early years o...

Family/Childcare Issues & Single Parent

as the "irregular household structures-of the working poor" (Nelson, 2006). For example, one young working mother relies on her mo...

Uninsured Americans - The Racial Demographic

and whites (Overview of the uninsured ..., 2005). The picture is somewhat better for African-Americans. They comprise 12% of the...

Children and the Impact of Single Parent Households

In seven pages this paper compares the differences between one and two parent households in order to determine the effects of a si...

How the Public Perceives Stepfamilies

to a significantly more positive approach to this modern form of family structure, inasmuch as the high rate of divorce continues ...

Youth Violence In The United States

in a society where proper parenting has become a thing of the past. Detachment of this extent can reach epic proportions when men...

Does Divorce Affect The Children? - Literature Review

indeed, mothers and fathers may wrongly believe that some children are old enough to both understand and accept the concept of div...

Therapy can save Marriages

Families face a myriad of concerns and issues. Parents may disagree about parenting styles, there may be behavioral or academic pr...

Care at the End of Life and Cultural Variations

(1997) observes: "Involving the family in hospital care, maximizing the family as a resource, and creating an environment where h...

Divorce in Families w/Special Needs Children

childrens future that parents learn to cope and, hopefully, remain together, or at least learn to act as a team. Research shows ...

Classifying Races and Blood Quantum Policy

one-drop rule to the complex fractions used to claim tribal membership; race, culture, and heritage, have always been used inconsi...

Addressing Family Concerns

opportunity to concentrate on the task of child rearing. However, as Scwartz and Scott (2003) indicate, this stereotypical ninetee...

American Family, Absentee Parents, and Cultural Differences

home. In this concept it is the mother who stays at home and cares for the children and the father who works outside the home in ...

Marriage Changes

responsibility for child-rearing or housekeeping duties traditionally assigned to women (Luker, 2003). To complicate things still ...

Australian Family Law and Custody Concerns

& Amato, 2000, p.660). In the end, the hypothesis is only partially supported. Authors say that their research reveals "mixed supp...

The Resiliency and Pathology of Black American Families

5 pages and 5 sources. This paper relates two different perspectives on the African American family in the modern era, one based ...