Head Of Household Money Management For Single Parents

This practical guide for general readers uses plain language and a sense of humor to explain 11 basic financial topics of concern to today's single parent, including budgeting, credit, childcare, health care, and housing, and offers advice tailored specifically for the priorities of single-parent households. Principles are demonstrated with stories of real families who found creative solutions for the financial situations faced most often by single parents. Six sample budget worksheets help readers develop their own workable plan. A glossary of terms and an extensive list of web sites are included.

Written by a veteran financial writer who is also a single parent, this practical guide addresses the multiple financial priorities faced by single-parent families. Now there is specific, practical help for anyone trying to get a handle on their finances while heading a family on their own. Kara Stefan's Head of Household: Money Management for Single Parents explores a variety of basic financial topics with information and advice geared specifically to the priorities of single-parent households. Head of Household provides in-depth coverage of 11 issues of primary concern to today's single parent, including budgeting, childcare, health care, and housing. As a veteran financial writer, Stefan knows how to translate the field's intricacies into a language we all can understand. As a long-time single parent, she is acutely aware of the difficulties others face in trying to manage money on their own. Combining her two areas of expertise, Stefan has created a resourceful, level-headed, often hilarious guide, filled with stories of real families and a wealth of solid, creative solutions for the financial situations single parents most often face.

Here is a comprehensive source of vital information on single parent families in contemporary society. This book analyzes literature and empirical research concerning single parent families and explores issues and challenges they face. Contributing authors from many fields and perspectives examine a broad range of subjects relating to families in which one person is primarily responsible for parenting. The only state-of-the-art compendium on the topic of single parent families available today, the book synthesizes empirical, theoretical, and contemporary literature about the diversity, myths, and realities of single parent families in western countries. Each chapter contains a demographic overview, definitions, a literature review, and implications for practice, research, education, and social policy. Theoretical and conceptual perspectives related to parenting and wider families are included. An analysis, synthesis, and commentary on single parent families concludes the volume. Themes highlighted throughout the book include socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of single parent families, cultural and ethnic features, and legal and ethical components. Some chapter topics include: single parenthood following divorce single parenthood following death of a spouse never married teen mothers and fathers female-headed homeless families adoptions by single parents noncustodial mothers and fathers grandparents as primary parents single parents of children with disabilities Single Parent Families contains additional resources useful for family professionals: an annotated bibliography, a video/filmography, and a national community resource list. The book is intended for a multidisciplinary audience, including sociologists, psychologists, health care professionals, social workers, therapists, and other researchers, clinicians, policymakers, and educators. An ideal primary or reference text for undergraduate and graduate level programs, the book can also serve as a tool for staff development and continuing education in service agencies.

This practical guide for general readers uses plain language and a sense of humor to explain 11 basic financial topics of concern to today's single parent, including budgeting, credit, childcare, health care, and housing, and offers advice tailored specifically for the priorities of single-parent households. Principles are demonstrated with stories of real families who found creative solutions for the financial situations faced most often by single parents. Six sample budget worksheets help readers develop their own workable plan. A glossary of terms and an extensive list of web sites are included.

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