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The Effect of Single Motherhood on a Child More than half of the children born in 1994 will spend some or all of their childhood with only one parent, typically their mother (McLonhen). If current patterns hold, they will likely experience higher rates of poverty, school failure, and other problems as they grow up. The long-range consequences could have enormous implications. But what exactly are the consequences; how large and concentrated among what groups? Do they depend on whether a single mother is widowed, divorced, or never married? Does public support for single mothers inadvertently increase the number of women who get divorced or choose to have a baby on their own? Many people hold strong opinions about these issues. In particular, conservatives believe that single motherhood is so harmful and public support is so significant an inducement for unwed women to have babies that it is time to get...

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