Denoting or relating to a family consisting of one person bringing up a child or children without a partner.
‘the number of one-parent families is increasing’
‘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 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.’
‘Children in one-parent households are more likely to have their own phone.’
‘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.’
‘Charity Single Parent Action Network offers information on anything affecting one-parent families from benefits to concerns about children.’
‘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.’
‘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.’
‘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.’
‘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.’
‘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.’
‘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.’
‘This isn't a criticism of one-parent families.’
‘Nationally, the number of one-parent families is estimated at 1.7 million - about a quarter of all families.’
‘A matriarchal household is the benevolent term for what was a tough, financially difficult, one-parent upbringing.’
‘Milburn, a product of a one-parent family, grew up amid the declining industrial landscape of the north-east of England.’
‘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.’
‘The same benefits will also apply to one-parent family payment recipients, and those receiving unemployment benefit.’
‘People supported by the centre include one-parent families, teenage parents and people from the local homeless hostel.’
‘Experts associate this trend with the increase in the numbers of children living in one-parent families or stepfamilies.’
‘One quarter of our precious children live in one-parent families.’
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