"Single Parents and Their Children" is a myth-busting, consciousness-raising collection of articles that defies all of the stereotypes that diminish and degrade

Nonwhite and white, rich and poor, born to an unwed mother or weathering divorce, over half of all children in the current generation will live in a single-pare

The proportion of children living in households headed by single women is more than one in five. There is concern (and some evidence) that children of single pa

Single parents face countless hardships, but they can be boiled down to a triple bind: inadequate resources, insufficient employment, and limited support polici

This volume explores the causes and consequences of family inequality in the United States, Europe, and Latin America.