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Single Parenting Implications, 2007.
An analysis of the adverse effects of single parent families on children.
5,637 words (approx. 22.5 pages), 18 sources, MLA, $ 136.95
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This paper discusses the impact on the children involved in families with just one parent. It discusses possible adverse effects, such as developmental issues, increased sexual promiscuity, higher incidences of substance abuse, behavioral disorders and diminished academic performance. The paper then aims to determine what factors are involved in causing these effects and how best to resolve them.
Table of Contents:
Abstract
Chapter One:
Introduction
Chapter 2
Effects of Single Parenthood on Educational Outcomes
Chapter 3
Increased Incidence of Children Becoming at Risk Due to Single Parenthood
Chapter 4
Summary and Conclusions
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"In summary, the review of the literature supports the assumption that increases in single parenthood have indeed reduced children's economic well-being; while cohabitating couples were at a slight economic advantage over single-parent households, they were still worse off than married-parent households. Therefore, it is reasonable to conclude that increases in marriage could be expected to provide a concomitant economic benefit for children in cohabitating and single-family homes. An increase in the number of two-parent homes would also spell the difference between academic success and failure for many children today, not to mention the proven benefits to reducing the incidence of at risk behaviors and criminal activities typically associated with single-family homes."
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Single-Parent Household Students, 2005.
This paper is a research project which seeks to prove the link between children from single-parent households and poor academic performance in school and to pose specific solutions to reverse this trend.
35,070 words (approx. 140.3 pages), 52 sources, APA, $ 249.95
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This paper explains that, although the study could not determine if single-parent status is a sole cause, it does conclude that single-parent household status is linked inextricably to a low-income status and the propensity for the student to be involved in crime. The author states that data was gathered from secondary sources, such as textbook, journal, periodical and reliable internet sources, with an emphasis on establishing correlations through quantitative data and on suggesting policy and funding initiatives through qualitative data. The paper recommends that (1) teacher awareness of single-parent status is critical, (2) peer counseling helps to improve grades for students from single-parent homes, (3) administrative sensitivity to single-parent status of a school district's students is key, but confidentiality must be maintained throughout and (4) extracurricular activities help improve academic performance for students from single-parent households; therefore, funding for these activities must increase.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Literature Review
Introduction
Overarching Challenges Facing Single-Parent Students
Single-Parent Household Children's Challenges in School Districts
Teacher Awareness of Single-Parent Status of Student
Careful Student Peer Counseling is a Critical Necessary Component
School Districts Must Encourage Confidential Journal Writing Programs
Managing School District Administration's Sensitivity While Maintaining Confidentiality
The Effect of Extracurricular Activities
Trained Professional Counselors
Scholarships to Incentivize At-Risk Students to Perform Better Academically
Methodology
Approach
Data Gathering Method
Database of the Study
Validity of Data
Originality and Limitations of Data
Summary of Chapter
Data Analysis
Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations
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"And, needless to say, the missing parents are often not at all involved in their children's lives. According to the Alabama Department of Human Resources, nationally, 40 percent of children whose fathers live outside the home simply have no contact with them. And it is not as though those fathers who do have contact with their children are generally integrally involved. Specifically, the other 60 percent had contact with their children an average of 69 days during the year.Perhaps this is because fathers often are not geographically close to their biological children -- 26 percent of absent fathers live in a different state than their children, according to the Department of Human Resources at Alabama in 2005."
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Single Parent Families: Are Children Worse Off?, 2002.
A paper which discusses the emotional well-being and development of children from single parent families.
1,060 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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The paper shows that there has been much debate centered on the growing number of single parents raising children and how society tends to blame single parent homes for the majority of ills including drug abuse, violent crimes and juvenile delinquency. While there are some single parent households headed by men, the overwhelming majority of single parent homes are headed by women. The paper shows that this fact sparks another concern, since the average household income for the female single parent is a mere 24,000 per year, which depending on the size of the family could mean that many single parent households are living at or below the poverty rate. The paper questions that with the apparent negatives of being a child in a single parent household, is it a valid conclusion to say that on average, children of single parent households are worse of than their counterparts living in a two-parent household? This paper also discusses how children of single parents cope emotionally and how they fare academically relative to their peers.
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"They may also be more knowledgeable, cultured and well rounded if they have two sets of families to learn from and be loved by. These aspects may help them become more determined to succeed in their endeavors, teach them to become great leaders and valuable contributors to their families and to society. Single parent families are not economic bads, as a matter of fact, many of the worlds great leaders, visionaries, entertainers, politicians, TV personalities and others who make a valuable contribution to society every day are products of single parent homes."
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Single Parenting, 2002.
Examines how single parenting effects the enculturation process in American culture.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 13 sources, $ 71.95
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This essay describes the enculturation of the child within the society as a result of the single parent family.
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Single and Dual Parenting, 2002.
This paper presents a comparison of raising children in single parent homes and dual parent homes.
971 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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The writer explores the differences and the similarities between single and dual parent homes and uses three sources to identify each category. The emotional, social and developmental characteristics of children from each type of home is analyzed.
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"In today?s world there are as many children living in homes of single parents as there are children living in homes with two parents. It has become so commonplace that it is not unusual to hear questions such as ?Does your dad live with you?? or ?Are your parents divorced?? as a normal part of daily conversation. There have been numerous studies done on the effects of being raised in a single parent home and being raised in a dual parent home. Many differences between the two settings have been discovered and many similarities have also been noted. The one thing experts agree on is that they are not one and the same."
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Single Parenting, 2001.
A look at a hypothetical case which examines laws regarding single parenting and paternity in the State of California.
2,500 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 75.95
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This paper takes a story of a young teenage couple who have a baby and looks at the complex laws regarding paternity and adoption. The paper examines situations like if the mother wishes to leave the state, give the child up for adoption, block visitation rights and so on. The father's rights are also addressed such as child support and wishing to obtain custody.
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"While out of the state Tammy writes to Spike, telling him that she has had an abortion. In fact, however, she delivers a healthy baby and the two of them rejoin her parents when the baby is still an infant. Spike learns that he in fact has a child and tries to visit, but Tammy?s parents block this visit. After six months Tammy tires of the wearisome task of being a mother when she herself is still a child and trying to raise the child and decides to allow Mr. and Mrs. Rich, a wealthy childless couple, to adopt the child. When Spike hears of this plan, he is outraged because he still hopes to marry Tammy and raise the child with her."
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Single Parenting, 1996.
Examines cultural & ethnic bias against single parenting in sociological studies & movement to eliminate that bias.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 7 sources, $ 63.95
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"Single parenting in America has dramatically increased since the 50s. Today's statistics suggest that every year more than one million children's lives will be disrupted by divorce. Before the age of sixteen, 38% of white and 75% of black children will experience the effects of divorce upon their daily lives (Amato, 1991, p. 26). Recent research indicates that previous studies of single parenting and their children have been saturated with cultural and ethnic bias (McHenry, 1993, p. 99). Although children can be traumatized by the effects of divorce and single parenting, current research indicates that a more detailed analysis with greater sensitivity to class, status and racial difference needs to be conducted. Only within the last fifteen years have sociologists realized their need for radical..."
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The Success of Single Parent Families, 2006.
A discussion regarding the struggles facing single parents in the USA.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses how historically the concept of the single parent family in the United States has led to the belief that when one individual attempts to raise a child there will be hardships and family failure. This is contended because of the reliance of the family on one income and the dual roles that many single parents are forced to play in raising their children. Single mothers act as caregiver disciplinarian financial head of household and housekeeper. The paper further discusses how in addition to these responsibilities most single moms have full-time jobs, and statistics indicate that the majority of single mothers in the country receive no financial support from fathers. Yet, despite the abundance of negative elements that may be possible in the world of the single parent, there is an absolute possibility of success for the single parent to raise a family in this country.
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Single Parents and Child Care, 2002.
An examination of the impact and cost of child care on single parents.
2,240 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 69.95
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This paper discusses how as more and more single parents have moved, by necessity or choice, from the home into the workforce, the need for affordable, quality childcare has become a crucial social issue and how there is an enormous impact and cost placed on single parents. It provides an analysis of the existing problems surrounding childcare, as well as local, state and federal recommendations to expand child care for single parents and to improve quality and implications of these changes. It evaluates how quality childcare, educational programs and after-school activities are extremely helpful to single parents and provide creative ways for them to shoulder the responsibility of raising children while working.
Outline
Statement of the Problem
Goals and Objectives
Significance of the Problem
Community Involvement
Mobilizing the Media and Officials
Solutions and Policy Recommendations
Benefits to Special Population and People of Color
Implementation
Evaluation
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"For single parents, childcare costs can pose a significant barrier to entering the workforce. In many cases, single parents to have a hard time finding affordable, safe care in close proximity to their homes or work that meet their scheduling requirements.
Even if single parents are able to find a childcare program that is affordable and meets their individual needs, there are faced with another problem?the quality of childcare. Many affordable childcare solutions have unsafe environments, including unsanitary conditions and a lack of supervision."
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The New Right View on the Single Parent Family, 2004.
An assessment of why the New Right are critical of single parenting using sociological theory and evidence.
2,013 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This paper examines how the New Right thinkers particularly focus on single parents in their attack on the decline of the traditional British family, as they believe that the best situation for children to be raised in is by two loving heterosexual and married parents. It looks at how these Right views are heavily associated with Thatcherism and how many of the thinkers are politicians, writers or moralists, who tend to support the Conservative government. It analyzes how they believe that the increasing amount of single parent families is largely to blame for the decline of the conventional nuclear family and how they claim that promiscuity, pre-martial sex, illegitimacy and divorce, which are now often common features of a modern relationship, come together with single parenting and take part in the extensive decline of the family.
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"As society changes the family and relationships within it will inevitably also change. Many New Right thinkers have criticised some of the modern changes, as they believe that they undermine the importance of the family. For example, the 1969 Divorce Reform Act has allowed a greater freedom for couples who are unhappy within their marriages to separate. However New Right thinkers have heavily criticised this and have attacked governments as they believe that divorce threatens the commitment and responsibility that couples rightfully should devote to their marriages, as divorce provides such an accessible and easy escape if things should not go as planned."
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Single-Parent Households, 2002.
Examines societal attitudes towards single-parent families, most negative.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 5 sources, $ 55.95
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Examines societal attitudes toward single-parent families, most negative. American ideal of the perfect family. Realities of contemporary society and families. Growing number of single-parent households. Discusses two major areas of concern for single parents (usually mothers): providing emotional support for the family and providing financial security. Problem of a single wage household in terms of adequate income. Some solutions.
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"The more things change, the more people wish that they would stay the same. Or at least that seems to be the case when it comes to Americans' ideas about what constitutes a "real" family. This paper examines the ways in which society assumes that a single-parent family is somehow not a real family and how this fact makes the other stresses faced by single parents even more difficult. It also looks at two of the most difficult areas for single parents - providing emotional support for their families and providing financial security for their families.
Despite the fact that the majority of American children born today are likely to find themselves in a single-parent household at some point (Wagonseller etal, 1997, p. 14), the ideal of a perfect family in most people's minds is still made up of a mother, a father and two or three children. The stereotype of this ..."
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Single-Parent Households, 2006.
A discussion regarding single-parent households in the U.S.A.
1,472 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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This paper discusses how single parents and their children constitute a rapidly growing population in America, a product of a high divorce rate and changing social mores. It further discusses how single-parent households were once the result of the father leaving and while this is still very much the case today, such families now also include more single fathers, unwed teenage mothers and other single parents, creating a new interest in this population.
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"Research also shows that single parent homes are more likely to be associated with criminal activity and that children from single-parent homes account for 72 percent of teenage murders (Tanner, 1995). Some single parent families are harder hit by economic change than others, and it has long been true that women and single mothers, and especially those from minority groups, have been hit the hardest by structural changes in the economy, such as the declining productivity growth and increasing global competition along with the disappearance of the manufacturing base. From the end of World War II to the 1960's, the U.S. led the world in the export of manufactured goods, but by 1970, West Germany had surpassed the U.S. in exports so that by the 1980's West Germany exceeded U.S. exports by 22%. Entire segments of the American manufacturing sector have declined or completely disappeared, with major losses in the manufacture of cameras, copiers, video recorders, audio equipment, machine tools, and steel. To remain competitive, many companies have had to restructure of downsize, and the loss of jobs involved has reduced the possible jobs for single mothers (Bowen, Desimone, & McKay, 1995). "
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Single-Parent Families, 2003.
This paper examines the differences in children raised in single-parent and in two-parent families.
2,300 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 79.95
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This paper finds evidence that children raised in single-parent families can achieve the same level of well-being as those raised in two-parent families. The author points out that so-called "single-parent families" often have other family members or partners substituting for the missing parent.
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"When compared to the nuclear family, single parent households are just as capable of raising healthy well-adjusting children. Despite much evidence to the contrary, the effect of living in a single parent household does not necessarily have a ..."
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Single Parenting, 2002.
A discussion of the changing makeup of families.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 9 sources, $ 39.95
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Discusses the changing makeup of families. Changes from 1950s concept of the nuclear family. Examines effects of new types of alternative families on the developing child. Changes in natue of childhood. Conflicts causes by single parenting. Issues of single income, interparental conflict, psychological abuse. Value of the extended family.
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"In the perfect television world of the sitcom, most families have two parents, and those families with one parent are either so well adjusted that the children are counseling their peers at school or so maladjusted that they become icons for bad children everywhere. In the real world, there are more and more single parent families, or families made up of multiple marriages or relationships on either side. Indeed, the definition of "family" has undergone a drastic change from the 1950s concept of the nuclear family (father, mother, child) to one that is more loosely defined as groups of people connected by blood and marriage; sometimes connected simply by virtue of the fact that even though these two criteria are not met, they are "considered family." In the midst of this knew type of family a new type of child has developed. This paper will examine the effects that..."
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Single Parent Families, 2002.
A discussion about whether single-parent families can do the job of dual-parent families.
958 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper asks whether or not single parenting is just as successful and beneficial to the parent and the children as dual-parent families. The position taken in this paper is that, without question, a single-parent environment in a home can be , and often is, absolutely as successful as a two-parent family.
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"It?s not nearly as rare to be a single parent raising a family in 2003 as it was ten years ago, but it may be just as demanding, and even more challenging financially, since the economy is sputtering along on two ? instead of six ? cylinders. And there certainly are more single parent families than there were ten years ago, according to the 2000 Census. The number of households headed by a ?single mother? has jumped 25% since 1990 (Scelfo, et al, 2001); today, 7.5 million households are run by single moms. And the number of single fathers has risen dramatically, as well: there now are single dads in 2 million-plus homes. Quickly doing the math that adds up to nearly 10 million single parent families. Is that good? Is it bad? "
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