Elective single mothers and their children: The missing fathers |
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Authors: | Madeleine Kornfein Rose DSW |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Social Work, California State University, 1250 Bellflower Blvd, 90840-0902 Long Beach, CA |
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Abstract: | Elective single mothers are adult, unmarried women who intentionally become mothers. This study utilized longitudinal data about 17 Caucasian, elective single mothers and their children to identify fathers' roles in these families, and to understand children's views of their fathers. These single mothers and their children resided for the first six years of the children's lives in father-absent households. By age six, most of the children had ghost fathers, whom they had never met or knew little about. The data suggest that the father often becomes a family secret, and that children may blame themselves for their fathers' absence. |
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