Lone parent families

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  • Created on: 06-01-13 18:42
What is a lone parent family?
A parent without a partner living with their dependant children
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What are the reasons for an increase in lone parent families?
Increase in seperation and divorce, cohabitation breakup, increase in never married women, changing attitudes, and changing position of women
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Why are lone parents headed by women?
Women are biological suited to caring for children, courts give custody to mother (mainly), mothers are single by choice
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Which New Right campaigner gave his views of lone parent families?
Murray
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What did Murray say in support of the New Right about lone parent families?
Consequence of an over generous welfare system which benefits lone mothers, which creats a dependency culture.
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What did Murray also say about the children not having two parents 24/7?
Performance reduces at school and leads to crime
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What did Murray say needs to happen to reduce a dependant culture?
Abolish or cut the welfare benefits that encourages births outside of marriage
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Give evaluation for Murray's views?
There's no link to say a lone parent child is bad at school and leads to crime
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