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America’s single-parent households and missing fathers
January 13, 2025 by Joseph Chamie https://www.niussp.org/family-and-households/americas-single-parent-households-and-missing-fathers/ America leads the world in single-parent household rates, with the large majority of those households missing a father. Despite the public’s recognition of the importance of two-parent households for children and society, Joseph Chamie opines that their prevalence in the US is not going to rise any time soon. In 2023, nearly one in four childre


America’s Working Single Mothers: An Appreciation By LeBron James
I am honored to participate in a project that is trying to help single mothers who are struggling to make a living and raise their kids,...


A National Crisis in the Shadow of International Women’s Day: The Challenges of Single Moms
Today, we take the opportunity to honor women’s social, economic, cultural, and political achievements with the annual celebration of...


Single Mother Statistics
Single motherhood has grown so common in America that today 80 percent of single-parent families are headed by single mothers — nearly a...
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