Changing Sex roles and the Man-Woman Crisis . The number of single parent families is growing even while the number of children in the country has decreased. Between 1970 and 1985 there are 7 million fewer children under 18, but 6 million more children are living with single parents. This is directly tied to the high divorce rate, and because of irresponsible boys and girls conceiving children without financial means. One parent is working full time and doing the family work of two parents.
Work never seems finished, there is never much in the way of fulfillment.
Emotional Overload - mother's needs are backburnered Single employed mothers spend less time in personal care, recreation, than any one else. Intimacy deficit - the downward spiral. Not just a problem for women. Children report less support, control, discipline from fathers, and more conflict with siblings, less family cohesion, and more family stress. Children of single parents tend to achieve less education, occupational prestige, and income as adults, and have less stable marriages.