Let us now praise single moms - CNN
May 14, 2023 · Roughly 24 million, or one-third of all American children under age 18, are living with an unmarried parent, according to a 2018 Pew Research Center analysis of US Census Bureau data. And 81% of...
As single motherhood takes off, American children's chance of ... - NPR
Oct 22, 2023 · Almost half of all babies born in the U.S. are born to unmarried mothers. That's not good for children, says progressive economist Melissa Kearney in her new book, The Two-Parent Privilege.
Despite financial gains, some single parents are still in 'panic ... - BBC
Apr 10, 2024 · Close to a quarter of American children live with just one parent. But these ranks are ticking up globally, too. A data analysis by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development...
The Explosive Rise of Single-Parent Families Is Not a Good Thing
Sep 17, 2023 · The evidence is overwhelming: Children from single-parent homes have more behavioral problems, are more likely to get in trouble in school or with the law, achieve lower levels of education and...
A look at the growing trend of women becoming single parents ... - CBS News
May 9, 2024 · According to a Pew Research Center survey from last year, 78% of Americans find single parenting acceptable. Although more, 93%, support a two-parent household.
The One Thing People Say That Drives Single Parents Mad
Mar 10, 2024 · As single moms, we are bombarded by (often inaccurate) messaging that our kids will have poorer outcomes than their friends with married parents.
Is Single Parenthood the Problem? - The Atlantic
Sep 22, 2023 · But for years, academics studying poverty, mobility, and family structures have avoided that self-evident truth, the economist Melissa Kearney writes in The Two-Parent Privilege, released this...
Why do single mothers struggle financially? – Deseret News
Jan 2, 2025 · Despite significant changes in women’s lives overall in the past 40 years that have provided economic benefits — more education, more workplace participation — the poverty rates for single mothers hasn’t changed. Single-mother families were five times more likely than two-parent families to be poor back in 1980. They still are.
Low-income single moms use government aid as family leave, …
1 day ago · TANF is the only cash assistance program available to low-income families.In Oregon, first-time, low-income mothers become eligible for TANF in the ninth month of pregnancy, and a family can ...
Raising Kids in Single-Parent Households - The New York Times
Sep 30, 2023 · Melissa S. Kearney presents the financial discrepancies experienced between two-parent families and single-parent families as the primary cause of poorer outcomes for the single-parent...