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What Are Lone-Parent and Single-Parent Families?

What are lone-parent and single-parent families? How they are defined, the problems and negative perceptions they face, and the variety of their experiences.

30 October 2023

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  1. Bibliography: Perceptions and Attitudes to Single-Parents & Lone-Parents. SociologyMag, 4 November 2023.
  2. Bibliography: Stepfamilies. SociologyMag, 2 November 2023.
  3. Bibliography: Single-Father & Lone-Father Families. SociologyMag, 21 October 2023.
  4. Bibliography: Single-Parent Families. SociologyMag, 25 July 2023.
  5. Bibliography: Lone-Parent Families. SociologyMag, 25 July 2023.
  6. Bibliography: Stem Families. SociologyMag, 11 July 2023.
  7. Bibliography: Totemism. SociologyMag, 21 June 2023.
  8. Bibliography: Gender & Educational Achievement. SociologyMag, 5 June 2023.