Single Parents: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues)

Single Parents offers an overview of this growing phenomenon the problems faced by single-parent families and their impact on society.Topics include men and women as single parents single-mother families and poverty the legal system and single parents gay and lesbian parents moral issues and the effects of growing up in a single-parent family. The experiences of single parents in other countries are also discussed.This volume lists numerous resources among them federal government programs; state statutes concerning child custody and adoption; private and public organizations; a guide to literature films and videos; and information on the Internet.Lists numerous resources such as federal government programs private and public organizations films and videos and information on the Internet