Single-parent families
By: Richard Worth.
Publisher: F. Watts
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 127
Subjects: Single-parent families -- United States -- Juvenile literature.; Single-parent families.
Description: Discusses the reasons for, the needs, and the challenges of single-parent families.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 116-119) and index.
Table of contents: title: Families : past and present. The rise of the single-parent family -- Divorce and single-parent families. Close-up : two families -- Families of divorce -- The long-term effects of divorce -- Teenage single mothers. Close-up : a mother and child -- Children having children -- The challenge of teen parenthood -- Death and single-parent families. Close-up : a death in the family -- Dealing with death -- Single-parent families : a common thread. Single-parent families : similar challenges, similar needs -- Source notes.