CHAPTER 6. Policies for Single-Parent Families

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction xi
5. PART I. MYTHS & REALITIES
6. CHAPTER 1. The Stories of Stigma: What We Say about Single-Parent Families 3
7. CHAPTER 2. The Realities: What We Know about Single-Parent Families 16
8. PART II. LAW & SINGLE PARENTS
9. CHAPTER 3. Divorced Single Parents 55
10. CHAPTER 4. Nonmarital Single- Parent Families 78
11. CHAPTER 5. Single Parents as Positive Role Models 103
12. PART III. LAW REFORM
13. CHAPTER 6. Policies for Single-Parent Families 119
14. CHAPTER 7. Legal Strategies 146
15. Epilogue 170
16. Notes 173
17. References 181
18. Index 199