Exam 14: New Beginnings: Single-Parent Families, Remarriages,

Remarried couples are more likely to divorce.

Which of the following is a post-divorce family made up of two nuclear families?

Although single-parents may suffer depression, it does not affect their ability to parent effectively.

Single-parent families created through divorce are increasing at the highest rate of all types of single-parent families.

How many children in the United States are being raised by gay and lesbian couples?

Describe the characteristics of successful single parents.

According to various studies, remarried people are _____ satisfied or happy in their second marriages as they were in their first marriages.

Explain how the permanent absence of one parent changes the way in which the parenting adult relates to the children.

Successful single parents have all of the following themes running through their lives EXCEPT

Single parenting is usually a transitional state.

Which of the following are least likely to remarry after divorce?

Single-parent households

Children from single-parent families are more likely to drop out of high school than children in two-parent families.

A binuclear family is a post-divorce family system with children.