Denoting or relating to a family consisting of one person bringing up a child or children without a partner.
单亲的
the number of one-parent families is increasing
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Think of the various versions of the one-parent family, resulting from conception outside a marriage or relationship, or from separation or divorce, or from bereavement.
On the other hand, though, the fact that only Bradford outside London is to be included in this scheme because of its high proportion of one-parent families does not reflect well on the place.
People supported by the centre include one-parent families, teenage parents and people from the local homeless hostel.
The same benefits will also apply to one-parent family payment recipients, and those receiving unemployment benefit.
More than half of the suicidal callers were from one-parent families and one-fifth were living ‘outside traditional family structures’ - for instance, in care or on the streets.
The main victims of Sunday trading are the children, particularly if they belong to a one-parent family and that parent has to work on a Sunday.
A special recovery squad of 12 civil servants is expected to save the taxpayer €14.9m this year, out of a €660m bill for one-parent family payments.
Nationally, the number of one-parent families is estimated at 1.7 million - about a quarter of all families.
The importance Laidlaw places on the father/son relationship can be seen by the way in which he has supported a project called Big Brothers and Sisters, which matches children from one-parent families with mentors.
One quarter of our precious children live in one-parent families.
Children in one-parent households are more likely to have their own phone.
Milburn, a product of a one-parent family, grew up amid the declining industrial landscape of the north-east of England.
The growth in the number of one-parent families was also a factor as was the fact that grandparents were not passing on parenting skills because they were often not in contact with their children and their grandchildren.
He grew up in a one-parent family, so I should have guessed that he'd be lighter on the ‘family values’ stuff than many of the President's supporters.
Charity Single Parent Action Network offers information on anything affecting one-parent families from benefits to concerns about children.
This isn't a criticism of one-parent families.
A matriarchal household is the benevolent term for what was a tough, financially difficult, one-parent upbringing.
Experts associate this trend with the increase in the numbers of children living in one-parent families or stepfamilies.
Many of our young carers are living in one-parent families and the majority of families where there is a sick or disabled member suffer financial hardship as the earning power is usually much reduced.
The friends endured years of financial strain in one-parent families and living on the poverty line while attending London College of Music and Media in Ealing.