... million) has remained constant while the number of single fathers grew 25% in three years to 2.1 million in 1998. Men comprise one-sixth of the nation's single parents. (4)On child basis, of children living with one parent: 38% lived with a divorced parent; 35% with a never-married parent; 19% with a separated parent; 4% with a widowed parent; 4% with a parent whose spouse lived elsewhere because of business or some other reason. Most single-parent children live in metropolitan areas (14.5 million), and six in 10 of them (9.2 million) are in cities with populations of 1 million or more.(5) The challenges faced by the single parent vary according to their circumstances (see resource #4), but there are also common experiences that are shared by most single parent families. How Single Parenting Differs from Dual Parenting Single parenting differs from dual parenting in many ways, but the most common ...

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