Christian Family Services Ministry

2-6-2017 – A Word to the Wise: Finally, single parenthood affects the family formation behavior of future generations. Children who grow up in communities with a high prevalence of single parent families find single parenthood more acceptable and are somewhat more likely to become single parents themselves than children who grow up in communities where single parenthood is less common.29 The intergenerational effect persists even after adjusting for other community variables, such as dropout rates, unemployment rates, and crime.