- Subjects
- Published
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Farmington Hills, MI :
Greenhaven Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
[2016]
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9780737775280
9780737775297
- 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- Traditional ideas of family are outdated and must evolve to be relevant in modern society / Katie Roiphe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
- Povery 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 / Michel Weldon. Ch. 3. 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 / May Dusenbery. Ch. 4. What policies may help single-parent families? Family planning is essential to strenghening families and helping children / Isabel V. Sawhill
- Single parents should be better educated / Brink Lindsey
- How mandatory minimums forced me to send more thant 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.