ADVISORY/Single Fatherhood on the Rise.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 18, 2001 TOPIC: Census data shows that the number of single fathers with primary custody of their children seems to have risen about 50 percent from 1990 to 2000, with at least two million men raising children alone. According to the Census Bureau, more than 900,000 of those single fathers were divorced; about 700,000 had never married; approximately 88,000 were widowed and about 350,000 were married to an absent spouse, said a story in the New York Times. Experts in the story say the apparent trend likely comes from several factors, including the loosening of restrictions on women which spawns a growing willingness of mothers to cede custody and changing gender stereotypes. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Carleton Kendrick Ed Kendrick is a name which may originate from the Welsh word Cynwrig, "greatest champion", or the Anglo-Saxon word Cyneric, "family ruler". It may refer to: People
Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. . He is a licensed psychotherapist psy·cho·ther·a·pist n. An individual, such as a psychiatrist, psychologist, psychiatric nurse, or psychiatric social worker, who practices psychotherapy. and has maintained a family therapy and consulting practice for over 20 years. His unique therapeutic approaches have been featured in numerous articles and on television and radio programs. Most recently, he has been quoted in Newsweek, Family PC, and TIME magazine as well as in several books. Kendrick has also appeared on Donahue. PR: Ruth Mills, 617/450-4300 ruth.mills@pnicg.com Prof. Brian Powell is a sociologist at Indiana University Indiana University, main campus at Bloomington; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1820 as a seminary, opened 1824. It became a college in 1828 and a university in 1838. The medical center (run jointly with Purdue Univ. . His expertise includes divorce and custody. 812/855-4127. Ms. Cecile Weich is a lawyer in Riverdale, NY who specializes in divorce and matrimonial law Noun 1. matrimonial law - that branch of jurisprudence that studies the laws governing matrimony jurisprudence, legal philosophy, law - the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do , as well as child custody The care, control, and maintenance of a child, which a court may award to one of the parents following a Divorce or separation proceeding. Under most circumstances, state laws provide that biological parents make all decisions that are involved in rearing their issues. PR: Fred Yaeger, fyaeger@aol.com ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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