News tagged with single parent families

Young children of unmarried parents fare worse when a father's support is court-ordered

Young children of unmarried parents who live with their mother and receive court-mandated financial support from their father exhibit more aggressive behavior than those who don't get any formal support at all, according ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

ADHD linked to low maternal education, lone parents and welfare benefits

A major study of more than a million children has found strong links between receiving medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and limited maternal education, single parent families and welfare benefits, ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 01, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Household financial contributions by adult live-in children are influenced by family structure

Single parents are more likely than parents in nuclear families to receive financial help from their grown, live-in children, according to research to be presented at the 104th annual meeting of the American Sociological ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Today's parents 'not to blame' for teenage problem behaviour

(PhysOrg.com) -- Poor parenting is not the reason for an increase in problem behaviour amongst teenagers, according to research led by Oxford University.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (22) | comments 32

Economist's research sheds light on consumption patterns of nation's poor

(PhysOrg.com) -- The research of University of Notre Dame economist James X. Sullivan sheds light on how best to measure the well-being of the nation’s poorest families so policies can be crafted to help them.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0