Single-parent families / [electronic resource] / Karin L. Swisher, book editor.. — San Diego, Calif. : : Greenhaven Press,, c1997.. — 110 p. ; 23 cm. — (At issue). - At issue (San Diego, Calif.) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 104-106) and index.
Single-parent families are harmful -- Divorce harms children -- Single-parent families contribute to violent crime -- Single-parent families contribute to the breakdown of society -- Fathers are important to families -- The harmful effects of single-parent families are exaggerated -- Single-parent families have been unfairly stigmatized -- The harm caused by unwed mothers is exaggerated -- Single mothers are unfairly blamed for poverty -- Single motherhood is a legitimate choice.