Focus on single-parent families past, present, and future [WorldCat Entities]

"Focus on Single-Parent Families: Past, Present, and Future brings together in one volume a range of cutting-edge research articles and essays on what has become the most dynamic change in family structure in U.S. history. It is the only resource to make t."@en
"This book brings together in one volume a range of research articles and essays on what has become the most dynamic change in family structure in U.S. history and how it impacts society. It is a resource that makes work being done on the single-parent family phenomena accessible to general readers. It helps readers go beyond the stereotypes and look closely at the complexity of families with one parent and consider their place in society. It encompasses the wide variety of households with a single parent, a family structure that promises to continue to grow and diversify. In fact, single-parent families now outnumber two-parent families. But within that category, there is a surprising range of diversity, with father-headed households undergoing a particularly dramatic rise in number. Throughout, the book gauges the impact of the increasing number of single-parent families on the nation as a whole, particularly in regard to policies concerning family welfare, children's services and health care, schools, and other essential social institutions."