Motherless Families - 9781032485751

Motherless FamiliesAuthor(s): Victor George, Profesor Paul Wilding\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032485751, 978-1032485751\nSynopsis\nFirst published in 1972, Motherless Families shows how, with the slow disappearance of the extended family and the support that it could offer in such situations, society has found itself responsible for lone-parent families. The authors cover the situation of about six hundred families in the East Midlands where the father was caring for his children on his own. They examine the fathers feelings about his new circumstances, the problems he faces and how he copes with them. They look at the ways in which the social services, the modified extended family and the immediate community react to the fathers position. They also consider the childrens adaptation to the motherless situation and their new relationships with the father or a mother substitute. In the final chapter the auth.