Describes the plight of divorced mothers. (IRT)

Focuses on the needs of one-parent families and what the schools can do to help. Also describes development of a questionnaire to research such needs. (LD)

Lists books and organizations to help parents, children, and anyone else concerned with the problems of separation and divorce. (LD)

Of principals responding to a survey, 95 percent agreed that children show behavioral and academic problems when their parents are undergoing separation or divorce. Offered are specific suggestions to help one-parent families adjust. (Author/LD)

The assumption behind this immodest proposal for strengthening the family is that flexibility in the type and content of the educational package is required in order to match the differing responses and needs of members of diverse family forms. (Author/IRT)

At a time when the divorce rate has doubled, many single parents are raising their children alone. Education and the schools must be in touch with changes that are altering American society and the schools that serve it. (LD)

Census Bureau statistics indicate that in 1978, 17 percent of all families were maintained by a woman with no husband present. Also, nearly 45 percent of today's children will at some point in their lives live in a one-parent family. (Author/LD)

The social and political implications of marriage, divorce, and the one-parent family are discussed. (LD)

School role in gearing up the school program to meet the special needs of single parents and their children. Includes specific tips for teachers and principals. (Author/LD)

Discusses the problems of children and parents as a result of divorce and ways the schools can help. (LD)

The problems of single parents are discussed here, including issues of finances, housing, employment, and child care. Suggestions are given for dealing with responsibility overload. (LD)

Discusses the role of the school and the government in helping one-parent families under stress. (Author/LD)

Presents data describing the fragmentation of the family, suggests causes for the fragmentation, and offers suggestions for reversing the trend. The suggestions focus on day care, part-time employment practices, enhancing the position of women, and work and responsibility. (IRT)

Because families are much smaller than they once were, contain fewer adults with whom children can interact, and contain adults who are absent much of the time working in full-time jobs, children are isolated from adults. (Author/IRT)

Discusses the emotional trauma children experience at home and in school when their parents divorce. Also considers the actual and potential role of the school in providing support to these youngsters. (Author/LD)