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Single-parent families -- Popular works.
Single parents -- Popular works.
Families -- Popular works.
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Single-parent famili...
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Single-parent families / Margaret Haerens, book editor.
Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning, c2016.
Subjects
Single-parent families -- Popular works.
Single parents -- Popular works.
Families -- Popular works.
ISBN:
9780737775280
0737775289
9780737775297 (paperback)
0737775297 (paperback)
Series:
Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Description:
272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Contents:
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 The nuclear family is the best option for children and society / Kay Hymowitz -- Traditional ideas of family are outdated and must evolve to be relevant in modern society / Katie Roiphe -- The breakdown of marriage norms hurts society / Ryan T. Anderson -- Marriage, parenthood,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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"This title explores issues related to families headed by one parent, including how single-parent families affect children and communities, the challenges they face, and what government policies should be in place to help them"--
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Hawaii State Library
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306.856 Si
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Pearl City Public Library
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306.856 Si
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