“Alarm” versus “liberation”? responses to the increase in lone parents–part 2

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The preceding paper in the previous issue outlined the growth in the number of single parents, and one point on a continuum of views which may be taken of this–an “alarmist” response. This paper continues by examining somewhat less extreme concern about the social and psychological impact of divorce and single parent living, then, on the alternative side of the continuum, a recognition that there are some benefits to women and children in single parenthood while the problems are externally created, and a view of single parenthood as “liberation.” Other views could also be outlined which would fall elsewhere on the continuum. Both extremes are rejected, and it is concluded that, while a clear policy has become ensnared in competing objectives, the problems of single parents need to be addressed.

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