TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dowd,Nancy E.
TI  - In defense of single-parent families
SN  - 0585326606
AV  - HQ759.915 .D69 1997eb
U1  - 306.85/6 20
PY  - 1997///
CY  - New York
PB  - New York University Press
KW  - Single-parent families
KW  - United States
KW  - Single mothers
KW  - Single fathers
KW  - Single parents
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - Familles monoparentales
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Mères de famille monoparentale
KW  - Pères de famille monoparentale
KW  - FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
KW  - Parenting
KW  - Single Parent
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Ensamstående föräldrar
KW  - juridik och lagstiftning
KW  - Förenta staterna
KW  - sao
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-197) and index; The stories of stigma : what we say about single-parent families -- The realities : what we know about single-parent families. The poverty justification. The developmental justification. The morality justification. Implicit justifications : race and gender stories -- Divorced single parents. The context of work and family. Family law. Employment law. Welfare. Conclusion : law, stigma, equality, and choice -- Nonmarital single-parent families. The context : nonmarital single parents. Nonmarital families and the law
N2  - Nancy Dowd details the primal justifications for stigmatizing single-parent families, marshalling an impressive array of resources about single parents that portrays a very different picture of these families. She describes them in all their forms, with particular attention to the differential treatment given never-married and divorced single parents, and to the impact of gender, race, and class. Emphasizing that all families face significant conflicts between work and family responsibilities - a conflict thrown in sharp relief in single-parent families - Dowd argues many two-parent families in fact function as single-parent care-giving households. The success or failure of families, she contends, has little to do with form. Many of the problems faced by single-parent families mirror problems faced by all families. Illustrating the harmful impact of current laws concerning divorce, welfare, and employment, Dowd makes a powerful case for centering policy around the welfare and equality of all children. A thought-provoking examination of the stereotypes, realities, and possibilities of single-parent families, In Defense of Single-Parent Families asks us to consider the true purpose of a family
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