single parent families and their problems

Title: single parent families and their problems
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single parent families and their problems

Only a small minority of families fit description of being a "nuclear" family today. Until the 1960's most Americans shared a common beliefs about family life; a family should consist of a husband and a wife living together with their children. The father being the head of the family, earns the family's income, and gives his name to his wife and children. Today, the United States exhibits a pattern of attachments and disruptions in marriages …showed first 75 words of 1698 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 1698 total…society will suffer along with them. Resources: 1. Brokaw, Tom. "New Realities of Changing Families," Good Housekeeping, Oct 98, Vol. 221 Issue 4, p106. 2. Congressman William D. Ford, Annual Publication, September 1998. 3. Glendon, Mary Ann. "Family in Western Law" 1987, p 117. 4. Hamburg, David. "The New Family" Current, Jul/Aug 1996 Issue, p59. 5. Kantrowitz, Barbara. "Step by Step" Newsweek, Winter/ Spring 1992. 6. Smith, Brain. "FAMILY: Children in Crisis" Fortune, Vol. 116, Issue 3, Aug 95, p42, p6. 7. Wallerstein, Judith, "Variations in theme" newsletter, March 1998. 8. Text Book, chapters 1 & 16

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