Drawing on the experiences of 675 single mothers, our research found the current system is failing those most vulnerable.
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Marriage on its own won’t do away with child poverty, and in fact it can create even more instability for low-income families.
Single parents need support, not stigma.
The measure was sold as one that would boost single parents’ incomes. Newly-available data shows that on balance it cut them. Domestic violence might have played a part.
Disabled single mother Shakira Hussein reflects on her secret weapon against adversity. Adalya, her ‘excessively mature’ daughter, appointed herself her mother’s carer and fierce protector from age 9.
A contrast to the bumbling and immature fathers commonly found on sitcoms, Bob Saget’s character on ‘Full House’ reflected a shift in expectations of fatherhood that began in the late 1970s.
The most stressed are Australians on JobSeeker and single parents.
Other parents have got back the hours they lost. Not single parents. Many were forced to leave jobs to care for children.
The HILDA Survey suggests single-parent households on Australia are abandoning formal childcare as they face greater poverty rates.
COVID-19 has spotlighted structural injustice inherent in child care in Canada. Organizational leaders have a responsibility to work together, with child care stakeholders, to redress this injustice.
Single mothers need more of a break than they get under current laws.
Forty percent of US babies are born to unmarried parents. But the new paid leave policy for most federal workers disadvantages single parents.
Single mothers I interviewed described feeling isolated, stigmatised and frustrated with negative stereotypes.
Negative statistics about black students may be prevalent, but they are often out of context, misleading or just plain wrong, a professor of counseling psychology argues.
Singles can face mistaken stereotypes and value judgments that they are less happy, or lonelier. For many, being single is simply a relationship preference or even an orientation.
Fixing Newstart isn’t enough. We need a comprehensive inquiry into our complex and bewildering social security system, especially as it applies to single parents.
It is time for the states and territories to develop a uniform legal framework that enables donor-conceived people to connect with their genetic kin.
Stepfathers often enter a family unit with certain expectations about what their role should be. They’re usually wrong.
From April, single parents will have to look for work when their youngest child turns three.
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Associate Professor, POLIS@ANU Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
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Professor of Law and John F. Kimberling Chair, Indiana University
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Associate Professor, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW
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Professor of Educational Studies, University of South Carolina
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Honorary Associate Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU, Australian National University
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Professor in Social Policy, University of Glasgow
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Visiting Professor of Tax Law, New York University, and Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Human Rights Law, Monash University
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Lecturer in Economics, University of Canberra
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Law, University of Minnesota
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Professor of Law, University of Virginia
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Associate Professor of Child Development and Family Studies, West Virginia University
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Associate, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Counseling Psychology, Howard University