The Review of Black Political Economy

, Volume 40, Issue 1, pp 27–29 | Cite as

The Non-Traditional Family: An Introduction

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Abstract

The single parent family has changed over the past 50 years. This introduction explains how it has changed and future directives.

Keywords

Single parent family 

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© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2012

Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Bennett CollegeGreensboroUSA

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