Single Parents and Raising Children

Paper Summary:

The paper attempts to rebut the common stereotypes about single parenthood that correlate single parenthood with an increased risk for dropping out of school and substance abuse. The paper suggests that these factors merely correlate with single parenthood, but single parenthood is not the cause. The paper firmly believes that single parents with good support from others can raise more resilient, competent children that become productive and emotionally hardy adults.

From the Paper:

"Single parents accounted for 28 percent of all households with children according to the 2000 Census (DeLeire & Kalil, 2001, p.4). The reasons for this state of affairs ranged from everything from divorce, to unwed motherhood, to the death of one of the spouses. Regardless, the question as to whether single parents can be competent parents is a serious one for a society where single parenting is, if not the norm, then increasingly common. Many adults of the next generation find themselves reared a single parent household, because of an unmarried, divorced, or widowed parent."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Burden, Dianne S. "Single Parents and the Work Setting: The Impact of Multiple Job and Homelife Responsibilities." Family Relations. Vol. 35. No. 1. The Single Parent Family. Jan., 1986. pp. 37-43
• Hanson, Shirley M. "Single Parents and the Work Setting: The Impact of Multiple Joband Homelife Responsibilities." Family Relations. Vol. 35. No. 1. The Single Parent Family. Jan., 1986. pp. 125-132.
• DeLeire, Thomas & Ariel Kalil. "Good things come in 3's: Single-parent multigenerational family structure and adolescent adjustment." Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies. Oct 2001. 4 Apr 2008.http://www.spc.uchicago.edu/prc/pdfs/deleir02.pdf
• Walker, Victoria. Pagewise. 2002. 4 Apr 2008.http://www.essortment.com/all/singleparentfa_rcsc.htm

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