Why Is Single Parent Adoption Becoming More Prevalent?
A number of factors have encouraged the acceptance of single parent families. Perhaps most is the growing number of one-parent households due to divorce and to unmarried women having and keeping their children. A recent New York Times article reported that more than half of the nation’s 9.8 million African-American children under 18 years of age, nearly one-third of the seven million Hispanic children, and one-fifth of the Nation’s 51.1 million Caucasian children live with a single parent. While women are the primary caregivers for most of these children, there are also one million single fathers in this country. With so many children living in this type of home environment, adoption agencies have been more willing to consider unmarried men and women as prospective adopters. Most of these single parents work full time and are financially responsible for their families. While shouldering the economic burden, they continue to maintain the home and care for the children. The issue of pers
