Title Single-parent families / Margaret Haerens, book editor.

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Farmington Hills, Mich : Greenhaven Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2016]

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	306.856 S617S	Check Shelf

Description	272 pages ; 24 cm.
Series	Opposing viewpoints series
	Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Summary	"Each title in the highly acclaimed Opposing Viewpoints series explores a specific issue by placing expert opinions in a unique pro/con format; the viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find publications"-- Provided by publisher.
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Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-256) and index.
Contents	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 The nuclear family is the best option for children and society / Kay Hymowitz -- Traditional ideas of family are outdated and must evolve to be relevant in modern society / Katie Roiphe -- The breakdown of marriage norms hurts society / Ryan T. Anderson -- Marriage, parenthood,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 -- Poverty 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 / Michele Weldon -- Ch. 3. How should the government treat single-parent families? 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 / Maya Dusenbery -- Ch. 4. What policies may help single-parent families? Family planning is essential to strengthening families and helping children / Isabel V. Sawhill -- Single parents should be better educated / Brink Lindsey -- How mandatory minimums forced me to send more than 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.
Subject	Single-parent families -- Juvenile literature.
	Single parents -- Juvenile literature.
	Families -- Juvenile literature.
	JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Family -- Parents.
	JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Family -- Alternative Family.
	Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
	Single-parent families. (OCoLC)fst01119481
	Single parents. (OCoLC)fst01119390
Genre/Form	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Author	Haerens, Margaret, editor.
ISBN	9780737775280 (hardback)
	0737775289 (hardback)
	9780737775297 (paperback)
	0737775297 (paperback)

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