Ch. 1. How do single-parent families affect children and communities? The nuclear family is the best option for children and society / Kay Hymowitz --
Traditional ideas of family are outdated and must evolve to be relevant in modern society / Katie Roiphe --
The breakdown of marriage norms hurts society / Ryan T. Anderson --
Marriage, parenthood, and public policy / Ron Haskins --
Poverty and income inequality hurt children more than family structure / David Green --
Single-parent families exacerbate income inequality / Robert I. Lerman and W. Bradford Wilcox --
Ch. 2. What challenges do single-parent families face? There is a double standard in single parenting / Ellen Friedrichs --
Single parenting is difficult but very satisfying / Kristin Leong --
Single motherhood is demanding / Sash Milne --
Single fatherhood is difficult / Dave Taylor --
Children need fathers to provide stability and act as role models / Elizabeth Stuart --
Children are not necessarily damaged by the absence of fathers / Michel Weldon --
Ch. 3. How should the government treat single-parent families? Stronger federal economic and social policies would help single-parent families / Barack Obama --
Federal policies discourage marriage and perpetuate government dependence / Louie Gohmert --
The government should be promoting marriage / Marco Rubio --
The government should not be promoting marriage / Stephanie Mencimer --
New benefits of marriage study actually hints at the horrors of middle age / May Dusenbery --
Ch. 4. What policies may help single-parent families? Family planning is essential to strengthening families and helping children / Isabel V. Sawhill --
Single parents should be better educated / Brink Lindsey --
How mandatory minimums forced me to send more than 1,000 nonviolent drug offenders to federal prison / Mark W. Bennett --
Immigration reform would benefit many single-parent families / Clarissa Martinez-De-Castro --
A minimum-wage hike would help single-parent families / Thomas E. Perez --
A minimum-wage hike would not benefit single-parent families / Chantal Lovell.
