Home-Alone America

Author: Mary Eberstadt Publisher: Hoover Institute Publication: Policy Review Online Document Date:                  July 01, 2001 Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision Related Categories: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Mental/Emotional Health Children > Child Behaviour Children > Child Development Crime And Violence > Youth Crime Divorce and Remarriage > Impact of Divorce on Children Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth Family Structure > Single-parent Families Parenthood/Childrearing > Dual Work Parenting Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Absence Parenthood/Childrearing > Single Parenting   This paper discusses “whether and just how much children need their parents — especially their mothers” and examines increasing divorce rates, out-of-wedlock births, youth crime, violence, and murder. Click to read this article... (HTML) Send us feedback on this article Bookmark this link