Growing Up in Lone Parent Families and the Effects On Canada’s Children Assignment # 1: Literature Review / Proposal A large and growing number of Canadian children are living in households headed by lone parents. The impact of lone-parenthood on the well-being of children is a critical research and public policy issue facing Canadian society. The growth in lone-parent families has been one of Canada’s most significant social trends. In 1995 there were over 1.1 million lone-parent families, …showed first 75 words of 1567 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1567 total…needs of Canada’s children. After reviewing the periodicals, realizing lone-parent families are a rising trend in Canada, and concluding that these families are at a greater risk of SES immobility, we must find the answer to raising our children in a manner best for them. To do this we need to discover what factors of lone-parenting can harm our children and how can we lessen the effects of living in lone-parent families. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**