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Freedomain · April 28, 2015

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Single Mothers are talk about in glowing terms for their hard-work, determination and fortitude - but what is the truth about single moms?

Motherhood has evolved quite a bit over the last fifty years: more women are having their children later in life - or in less traditional ways: before and outside marriage. Single motherhood has become so incredibly common that it is projected that soon - half of all children will live with a single mom at some point before the age of eighteen.

What kind of impact does single motherhood have on society? What impact does single motherhood have on children? Are Fathers important - and what impact does growing up in a fatherless home have? What is the Truth About Single Moms?

Transcript: http://www.fdrurl.com/single-moms-transcript

https://www.census.gov/hhes/families/data/children.html
http://www.census.gov/hhes/families/files/ch6.xls
http://www.census.gov/hhes/families/files/graphics/CH-6.pdf
http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/hh-fam/ch5.xls

Source: Census Bureau. “Living Arrangements of Children Under 18 Years Old: 1960 to Present.” U.S. Census Bureau, July 1, 2012.

Births Outside Marriage
http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/spending_chart_1950_2010USk_16s1li011lcn_40t_Welfare_Spending_In_20th_Century

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; ASEP Issue Brief: Information on Poverty and Income Statistics. September 12, 2012

Source: Daniel T. Lichter, Deborah Roempke, and Brian J. Brown, “Is Marriage a Panacea? Union Formation Among Economically Disadvantaged Unwed Mothers,” Social Problems 50 (2003): 60-86.

Source: Robert E. Rector, “Increasing Marriage Will Dramatically Reduce Child Poverty,” The Heritage Foundation, Center for Data Analysis Report, No. 03-06 (May 20, 2003).

Source: Daniel T. Lichter, Deborah Roempke, and Brian J. Brown, “Is Marriage a Panacea? Union Formation Among Economically Disadvantaged Unwed Mothers,” Social Problems 50 (2003): 60-86.

Negative Outcomes: Homeless
http://homeless.samhsa.gov/ResourceFiles/hrc_factsheet.pdf
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/172210.pdf

Negative Outcomes:Education
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/co-parenting-after-divorce/201205/father-absence-father-deficit-father-hunger

Source: Tillman, K. H. (2007). Family structure pathways and academic disadvantage among adolescents in stepfamilies. Journal of Marriage and Family.
Nord, Christine Winquist, and Jerry West. Fathers’ and Mothers’ Involvement in Their Children’s Schools by Family Type and Resident Status. (NCES 2001-032). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2001.

Source: Edward Kruk, Ph.D., “The Vital Importance of Paternal Presence in Children’s Lives.” May 23, 2012.

Negative Outcomes: High School Dropouts
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/172210.pdf
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/2014/04/03/the-link-between-teen-pregnancy-and-high-school-dropouts/

Negative OutcomesChildren Exhibiting Behavioral Disorders
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/172210.pdf

Source: Hofferth, S. L. (2006). Residential father family type and child well-being: investment versus selection. Demography, 43, 53-78.

Source: Osborne, C., and McLanahan, S. (2007). Partnership instability and child well-being. Journal of Marriage and Family, 69, 1065-1083.

Negative Outcomes: Children Exhibiting Behavioral Disorders
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2012.02583.x/abstract
http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/73550/j.1741-3737.2001.00136.x.pdf.%20Luettu%2015.6.2011?sequence=1

Negative Outcomes: Juveniles in State-Operated Correctional Institutions
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/172210.pdf
http://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2012/12/the-real-complex-connection-between-single-parent-families-and-crime/265860/
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/syc87.pdf

Negative OutcomesAdolescent Patients In Chemical Abuse Centers
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/172210.pdf

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics. Survey on Child Health. Washington, DC, 1993.
Hoffmann, John P. “The Community Context of Family Structure and Adolescent Drug Use.” Journal of Marriage and Family 64 (May 2002): 314-330.

Negative Outcomes: Rapists Motivated with Displaced Anger
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/172210.pdf
http://www.canadiancrc.com/PDFs/The_Invisible_Boy_Report.pdf
https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/Abstract.aspx?id=120454
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/24240350_Sexual_abuse_history_among_adult_sex_offenders_and_non-sex_offenders_a_meta-analysis

Negative Outcomes: Youth Suicides
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/172210.pdf
http://www.webmd.com/baby/news/20030123/absent-parent-doubles-child-suicide-risk
http://www3.scienceblog.com/community/older/2003/F/20033736.html

Source: The Lancet, Jan. 25, 2003 • Gunilla Ringbäck Weitoft, MD, Centre for Epidemiology, the National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm, Sweden • Irwin Sandler, PhD, professor of psychology and director of the Prevention Research Center, Arizona State University, Tempe • Douglas G. Jacobs, MD, associate clinical professor of psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; and founder and director, The National Depression Screening Program • Madelyn Gould, PhD, MPH, professor of child psychiatry and public health, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University; and research scientist, New York State Psychiatric Institute.

Negative Outcomes: Crime
Source: Stephen Demuth and Susan L. Brown, “Family Structure, Family Processes, and Adolescent Delinquency: The Significance of Parental Absence Versus Parental Gender,” Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 41, No. 1 (February 2004): 58-81. http://familyfacts.org/briefs/26/marriage-and-family-as-deterrents-from-delinquency-violence-and-crime

Source: Knoester, C., and Hayne, D.A. (2005). “Community context, social integration into family, and youth violence.” Journal of Marriage and Family 67, 767-780.

Source: Heather A. Turner, “The Effect of Lifetime Victimization on the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents,” Social Science and Medicine, Vol. 62, No. 1, (January 2006), pp. 13-27.

Source: Bush, Connee, Ronald L. Mullis, and Ann K. Mullis. “Differences in Empathy Between Offender and Nonoffender Youth.” Journal of Youth and Adolescence 29 (August 2000): 467-478.

Negative Outcomes by Family Dinners Per Week
Source: The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, 2011.

Sexual Activity: Puberty
http://healthland.time.com/2010/09/17/moms-guilty-of-driving-their-daughters-to-early-puberty/
http://cals.arizona.edu/fcs/sites/cals.arizona.edu.fcs/files/DP%20Tither_Ellis%202008.pdf
https://www.ncfr.org/sites/default/files/downloads/news/Ellis-Van%20Campen%20article-3-2009_0.pdf
http://www.irishhealth.com/article.html?id=19760
http://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/news/archives/2011/09/absent_fathers.aspx
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-08-18/brothers-delay-onset-of-sisters-periods/948736

Virginity Rates Teen Feels Close to Dad
Source: J. Pearson, C. Mullet, and M.L. Frisco, “Parental Involvement, Family Structure, and Adolescent Sexual Decision Making,” Sociological Perspectives 49, No.1 (2006): 67–90.

Sexual Activity
Source: Hendricks, C.S., Cesario, S.K., Murdaugh, C., Gibbons, M.E., Servonsky, E.J., Bobadilla, R.V., Hendricks, D.L., Spencer-Morgan, B., and Tavakoli, A. (2005).

Source: Teachman, Jay D. “The Childhood Living Arrangements of Children and the Characteristics of Their Marriages.” Journal of Family Issues 25 (January 2004): 86-111.

Source: K. A. Moore, J. Manlove, D. A. Glei, and D. R. Morrison, “Nonmarital School-Age Motherhood: Family, Individual, and School Characteristics,” Journal of Adolescent Research 13, No. 4 (1998): 433-457.

Infant Death
http://news.usf.edu/article/templates/?a=2436andz=119

Rough-and-Tumble Play
http://jpepsy.oxfordjournals.org/content/36/1/36.full

Source: Do Fathers Matter? by Paul Raeburn

Language Development
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2967789/

Source: Do Fathers Matter? by Paul Raeburn

Whose Advice Do Mothers Value?
Source: EDK Associates survey of 500 women for Redbook Magazine. Redbook, November 1994, p. 36

Number of Search Results on PubMed
http://uweb.cas.usf.edu/familyresearchgroup/index_files/Phares,%20Fields,%20Kamboukos,%20Lopez,%202005.pdf

Source: Pubmed.com – March 17th, 2015

The Truth About Single Moms Final
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-dont-women-propose-to-men/

Matt D · April 28, 2015

Another fabulous and factual presentation!

Language Development

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2967789/

Source: Do Fathers Matter? by Paul Raeburn

^ Even more impressive that Stef has such a command of language.

Jetrpg22 · September 20, 2015

The "Negative Outcomes: Poverty"

links are broken.

shirgall · April 12, 2016

Since this is one of the more popular pages because of all the references, it makes sense to me to add this here:

https://science.slashdot.org/story/16/04/12/0256244/genetic-studies-prove-cuckolded-fathers-are-rare-in-human-populations

A common urban myth is that many fathers are cuckolded into raising children that genetically are not their own -- a fear fueled by the paternity tests that have become a standard staple of gossip magazines, talk shows, and TV series. Now, Carl Zimmer reports at the New York Times that our obsession with cuckolded fathers is seriously overblown as a number of recent genetic studies have challenged the notion that mistaken paternity is commonplace. It wasn't until DNA sequencing emerged in the 1990s that paternity tests earned the legal system's confidence. Labs were able to compare DNA markers in children to those of their purported fathers to see if they matched. As the lab tests piled up, researchers collated the results and came to a startling conclusion: 10 percent to 30 percent of the tested men were not the biological fathers of their children. There's only one problem with these previous studies: the results didn't come from a random sample of people. The people who ordered the tests already had reason to doubt paternity.

In a 2013 study, Dr. Maarten H.D. Larmuseau used Belgium's detailed birth records to reconstruct large family genealogies reaching back four centuries. Then the scientists tracked down living male descendants and asked to sequence their Y chromosomes. Y chromosomes are passed down in almost identical form from fathers to sons. Men who are related to the same male ancestor should also share his Y chromosome, providing that some unknown father didn't introduce his own Y [chromosome] somewhere along the way. Comparing the chromosomes of living related men, Larmuseau came up with a cuckoldry rate of less than 1 percent. Similar studies have generally produced the same low results in such countries as Spain, Italy and Germany, as well as agricultural villages in Mali. "The observed low EPP rates challenge the idea that women routinely 'shop around' for good genes by engaging in extra-pair copulations," concludes Larmuseau . "The (potential) genetic benefits of extra-pair children are unlikely to be offset by the (potential) costs of being caught, particularly in such a long-lived species as humans with heavy offspring dependence and massive parental investment."

Several further links within the story.

Daniel Wagner · June 29, 2016

Link is broken:

http://www.sbts.edu/family/blog/the-portrayal-of-fathers-in-popular-media/

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