Family Changes
Mara Jessen
Single Parent Families
The definition of a family used to be: a mother, father and their biological children. It's evident that a new definition of family is emerging. There are many more children living with a single parent that was either never married, or has been divorced. There's a difference in families because of same-sex marriage couples raising a child. In most cases, this is not healthy for the children. Children who live with a single parent are twice as likely to develop a psychiatric illness.
Statistics
- 12.9 million one-parent families in 2006
- from 1970 to 2006 single parent families are up 4%
- 27% of single mothers with kids live in poverty
- amount of single fathers has grown by 60% in the last ten years
- in Iowa, in 2011, 30% of children live with a single parent
Minority, Single Parent Families and Poverty
Sources
- http://www.google.com/imgres?q=single+parents+families&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&sa=N&biw=1366&bih=674&tbm=isch&tbnid=3iJULGerX3Gz1M:&imgrefurl=http://www.todaysmodernfamily.com/index.php/tag/single-parents&docid=aNwhzme0INEPdM&imgurl=http://www.todaysmodernfamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/daughterrmother-300x280.jpg&w=300&h=280&ei=zD-AUNj9GYbDyQHKoIGACA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=175&vpy=291&dur=321&hovh=217&hovw=232&tx=107&ty=93&sig=104861423690259601034&page=1&tbnh=134&tbnw=145&start=0&ndsp=25&ved=1t:429,r:7,s:0,i:92
- http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/24/how-do-you-define-family/
- https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/families_households/cb07-46.html
- http://www.singleparentmagazine.net/single-parent-statistics/
- http://www.census.gov/prod/3/97pubs/cb-9701.pdf
- http://www.thehilltoponline.com/2.4839/children-in-single-parent-homes-and-emotional-problems-1.472758#
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wbBjt-5wG4