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Single Parent Ministries
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Housing for single-parent families
… there are cases in which the decision to be a single parent is a constructive one. But, whether voluntary or not, the situation of the single parent is a difficult one. Single parenthood entails the combination of roles and tasks usually shared by two adults. A child who lives with only one …
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Day Care and the Single Parent Family: An Analysis of Single Parent Families' Interactions and Experiences
… American family. Concerns over the experiences single parent families have with day care are growing as current resources for these families decline. In addition, there is little research to date about the differences between single fathers and single mothers in their processes of obtaining and …
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Emotional experiences of adolescents from single-parent families
… the emotional experiences of adolescents from single-parent families; the primary aim being to determine whether adolescents display emotional experiences that differ from those of adolescents from both-parent families (intact families). Literature reveals that single parenting is strongly …
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Juvenile delinquency and single-parent homes: a socialist feminist analysis
… of rates of delinquency for juveniles from single-parent and traditional homes as well as comparison of numbers of interactions with the police, judicial system and correctional facilities for juveniles from different family structures. Analysis reveals that while there is no difference in …
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A Case Study of Three Children from Single-Parent Divorced Families
… school behavior patterns of children from two single-parent divorced families. The procedure. A case study of three children from two single-parent divorced families was conducted for a period of ten months. Formal and informal observations and interviews were the methods used to gather data on …
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The Needs of Young Daughters Being Raised By Single Parent Fathers
… the needs of young daughters being raised by single parent fathers in order to create a program that will assist in addressing these needs. Daddy’s Girl, a program to be founded by the Nicoma Narjett Foundation will be created to provide inspiration, support, character education, and social …
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Contributions of Family Leisure to Family Functioning Among Single-Parent Families
… leisure involvement to the family functioning of single-parent families among a large national representative sample. Two samples were gathered. The single-parent sample consisted of 384 families (384 parents and 384 youth). The dual-parent sample consisted of 495 families (495 parents and 495 …
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Housing- and neighborhood-related stress of female heads of single-parent households
… deficits and stress in female heads of single-parent households. The main objectives were to determine: (1) if a correlation existed between the characteristics of the housing and neighborhood occupied by single-parent households and the number of deficits they reported; (2) if a …
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Children's food intake and parental attitudes in single-parent and nuclear families
Parental attitudes about childrearing, parental nutrition knowledge, and the food consumption of one randomly selected six-to eight-year-old child per family were investigated in a group of 66 nuclear families and 17 single-parent families. Each family recorded three consecutive, non-weekend days …
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The challenges single parent mothers experience regarding the disclosure of their HIV status
… with HIV and AIDS makes it difficult for single mothers living with HIV and those with AIDS to disclose their status, as they often experience feelings of rejection, blame, and ambivalence together with fear of death. These reasons often lead to single mothers choosing not to share any …
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The Impact of the College Experience on the Lives of Female Single-Parent Students
… the impact of the college experience on 56 single parents who had attended a tuition-driven, faith-based college during the 10-year period of 1987-1997. Responses from a mailed questionnaire and focus group narratives presented the subjects' perceptions of changes in their lives as a result …
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The Experiences of Employment in Single -Parent Families: Implications for Single Mothers and Their Adolescents
This study examines the subjective experiences of single-parent, mother-headed families. Ninety-four working single mothers and their adolescents reported on their experiences using the Experience Sampling Method (ESM) and provided reports of their momentary experience in different contexts when …
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The relationship between maternal involvement and child adjustment in two parent and single parent families
… maternal involvement and child adjustment in two parent and single parent families. This study examined whether the amount of involvement by mothers differed according to family structure and whether greater mother involvement was associated with better adjustment in children. The study further …
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The Effect of Stress on the Academic Achievement of Fifth Grade Students from Single-Parent Homes
… is to examine this important social change - the single-parent family and focus on its effect on the achievement of the child in the family in his role as a student. Dealing specifically with fifth-grade students, a description of their physical, social and emotional characteristics will be …
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A study of the relationship of a parenting program to reading achievement scores of single-parent children
… purpose of the study was to determine if a parenting program would affect the reading achievement scores of single-parent children. Secondary purposes were to determine if male and female students were affected differently and if middle school students were affected differently than …
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An analysis of economic achievement experienced by graduates of a Perkins funded Single Parent & Displaced Homemakers program
… participated in an urban based Perkins funded Single Parent and Displaced Homemakers program. Indices included ethnicity, age, program of study, salary and wages, age at graduation, length of time required to complete the program, wage, job, and program assistance satisfaction as well as …
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The single parent family : a sociological study of the socio-economic problems facing single parents in Port Elizabeth
… the first known exploratory study on the single parent family in the Port Elizabeth region. In 1986, the Human Sciences Research Council completed a study of 300 White single parents drawn from lists of children from single parent families at 13 primary schools in the Pretoria School Board …
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Parental participation in homework completion as a predictor of academic success of students in the single parent family
… 13 million school age children are living in single parent homes. 40 percent of children B from single parent homes earn grades of D and F compared to 24 percent of children from two parent homes (Pines, 1982). This descriptive field study was designed to determine if different levels of …
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