Reframing the Dialogue on Female-Headed Single-Parent Families Export

@article{citeulike:3405650, abstract = {The increase in female-headed single-parent families, and the high rates of poverty among them, caused by changing economic and social support structures, is an international phenomenon. The traditional negative focus on the deviance of this family structure has led to blaming unmarried women, rather than implementing economic and social support structures that could lift their families out of poverty. This article presents data on these families and suggests ways of reframing the dialogue to broaden the lens under which social work educators, students, and practitioners view single-mother families. 10.1177/088610999501000406}, author = {Schmitz, Cathryne L.}, citeulike-article-id = {3405650}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://aff.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/4/426}, day = {1}, journal = {Affilia}, keywords = {families, parent, single}, month = {December}, number = {4}, pages = {426--441}, posted-at = {2009-07-07 17:58:39}, priority = {2}, title = {Reframing the Dialogue on Female-Headed Single-Parent Families}, url = {http://aff.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/4/426}, volume = {10}, year = {1995} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3405650 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3405650 N2 - The increase in female-headed single-parent families, and the high rates of poverty among them, caused by changing economic and social support structures, is an international phenomenon. The traditional negative focus on the deviance of this family structure has led to blaming unmarried women, rather than implementing economic and social support structures that could lift their families out of poverty. This article presents data on these families and suggests ways of reframing the dialogue to broaden the lens under which social work educators, students, and practitioners view single-mother families. 10.1177/088610999501000406 IS - 4 JF - Affilia EP - 441 TI - Reframing the Dialogue on Female-Headed Single-Parent Families VL - 10 SP - 426 KW - families KW - parent KW - single AU - Schmitz, Cathryne PY - 1995/12/01/ UR - http://aff.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/4/426 ER -