Single-Parent Families | The Harmful Effects of Single-Parent Families Are Exaggerated
Arlene Skolnick is a research psychologist at the Institute of Human Development at the University of California at Berkeley and the author of Embattled Paradise: The American Family in an Age of Uncertainty. Stacey Rosencranz is a graduate student in Stanford University’s psychology department.
Summary: Many critics blame single-parent families for causing poverty, crime, drug abuse, and other social ills. While a correlation between single-parent families and social problems does exist, it does not necessarily follow that single-parent families...
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