Single Parent Families : Diversity, Myths and Realities (Paperback)

Contents Single Parent Families: Present and Future Perspectives

• Single Parents and Wider Families in the New Context of Legitimacy
• A Conceptualization of Parenting: Examining the Single Parent Family
• The Changing Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics of Single-Parent Families
• The Economics of Single Parenthood: Past Research and Future Directions
• Poverty and the Single Mother Family: A Macroeconomic Perspective
• Homeless Female-Headed Families: Relationships at Risk
• Single Parenthood and the Law
• Single Mothers With Custody Following Divorce
• Single Fathers With Custody Following Separation and Divorce
• Noncustodial Mothers Following Divorce
• Noncustodial Fathers Following Divorce
• Noncustodial Parents: Emergent Issues of Diversity and Process
• Never Married/Biological Teen Mother Headed Household
• Young Nonresident Biological Fathers
• Context and Surrogate Parenting and Contemporary Grandparents
• Adoptions by Single Parents
• Single Parenting in Families of Children With Disabilities
• Single Parent Widows: Stressors, Appraisal, Coping, Resources, Grieving Responses, and Health
• Widowers as Single Fathers
• Single Parent Families: A Bookshelf
• Video/Filmography on Single Parenting
• Resources for Single Parent Families
• Quality of Life and Well-Being of Single Parent Families: Disparate Voices or a Long Overdue Chorus?
• From Stereotype to Archetype: Single Parent Families
• Index
• Glossary of Terms
• Reference Notes Included