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Peer reviewedSchlesinger, Benjamin; Todres, Rubin – Child Welfare, 1976
Reports on a survey of 72 motherless families that indicates a need for future research and modification of social laws to meet the needs of fathers who rear children in the absence of mothers. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Fathers, One Parent Family, Research Needs
Peer reviewedDominic, Katherine Tasios; Schlesinger, Benjamin – Journal of Divorce, 1980
Little attention has been focused on the weekend or part-time fathers related to divorced one-parent families. Part-time fathers were interviewed. Selected findings are presented. The scant literature related to the topic is reviewed. (Author)
Descriptors: Divorce, Family (Sociological Unit), Fathers, One Parent Family
Peer reviewedSchlesinger, Benjamin – Children Today, 1978
Reviews existing studies on motherless families in four English-speaking industralized countries: Australia, Britain, Canada and the United States. (BR)
Descriptors: Fathers, Home Management, Literature Reviews, Motherless Family
Peer reviewedSchlesinger, Benjamin – Family Coordinator, 1973
Approximately 8.9 percent of Canadian families can be classified as one-parent families. Two reports, published in 1971 review the problems of Canadian one-parent families, and make recommendations which will affect the lives of these families. The major findings and recommendations of the two studies are reported in this paper. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Family Characteristics, Family Life, Family Problems
Peer reviewedSchlesinger, Benjamin – Children Today, 1973
Describes an organization which provides services and education for single mothers in Australia. (ST)
Descriptors: Illegitimate Births, One Parent Family, Parent Education, Self Help Programs
Peer reviewedSchlesinger, Benjamin – Family Coordinator, 1977
This paper reviews the most comprehensive report on one-parent families in the world, the Finer Report of Great Britain (1974). Some of the findings and recommendations are summarized, and the reaction to the report is mentioned. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Family Relationship, Family Structure, One Parent Family
Peer reviewedSchlesinger, Benjamin – Journal of Divorce, 1982
Reviewed literature dealing with one-parent families. Found few studies in which children living in one-parent families were interviewed about their lives. Studied 40 children, aged 12-18 years, living in middle class, urban, separated or divorced one-parent families. Highlights responses of children to four open-ended questions. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Childhood Attitudes, Children
Schlesinger, Benjamin – Essence: Issues in the Study of Ageing, Dying, and Death, 1977
This paper attempts to summarize the highlights of selected findings in research related to widowhood. The following selected topics are included: death and adjustment, the problems of the widow and the children and widowhood. (Author)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Death, Family Problems, Family Relationship
Schlesinger, Benjamin – 1978
This source-book on the one parent family contains two sections. The first section includes six papers dealing with motherless families, fatherless separated families, divorce and children, the crisis of widowhood in the family cycle, the unmarried mother who keeps her child, and single parent adoptions. Section II includes 750 annotations of…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Children, Death, Divorce
