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Title Sole parent families / editor: Justin Healey
Published Thirroul, N.S.W. : Spinney Press, [2004]
©2004

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Description 44 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
regular print
Series Issues in society ; v. 211
Issues in society (Balmain, N.S.W.) ; v. 211
Contents Ch. 1. Single parenting -- One-parent families -- Family and living arrangements -- Single parenting advice -- Single parenting -- Parenting alone -- Myths about single parents -- Single, still sane, with kids -- Single mothers caught in welfare trap, says study -- Jobs odds against sole parents -- The unfair backlash against single mothers -- Single mums -- In the name of the father -- Fathers still not sharing load, says study -- Single dads -- Positive parenting a key to child's wellbeing, with or without dad -- Ch. 2. Separation, divorce and custody issues -- Separation and children -- Coping with divorce : what about the children? -- Ground rules for parenting successfully after separation -- Parent wars : listen to us, say children -- Children's views vital for parents sharing to work -- You and your child : keeping contact alive -- Fathers given raw custody deal -- Court still the path least angst -- Dads remain disadvantaged -- Parenting report offers little when it comes to real change -- Custody report a balancing act -- At last, someone's taken a grown-up approach to child custody -- Support for dads helps kids, too -- Divorce is hell, but so is a bad marriage -- Marriage is the weakest contract of all
Summary Explores the personal issues for both the parent and children of sole parent households; and confronts the myths about single parents; single mothers and the welfare dependency trap; and the envolvement of fathers in raising their children
Analysis Sociology: family & relationships (Australia)
Single parents
Marriage breakdown
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography, page 43
Subject Custody of children -- Australia.
Single-parent families -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Australia.
Single-parent families -- Social aspects -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Australia.
Single-parent families -- Economic aspects -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Australia.
Single-parent families -- Miscellanea.
Single-parent families -- Australia.
Single-parent families -- Social aspects -- Australia.
Single-parent families -- Economic aspects -- Australia.
Genre/Form Trivia and miscellanea.
Author Healey, Justin.
LC no. 00002558
ISBN 1920801200 paperback