This article about how there were about 30% of children that were part of a single parent family and the single parent were most mothers in 2006. The article stated that there was an increase in divorce in 1960’s and in the 1970’s. Also they talked about how children ended up in single parenting by losing a parent to death and born to unwed mothers. They talked about a study that showed children that were born to unwed mothers and that lost a parent to death did not receive the same amount of attention with the children of divorced parents. The article also talked about how black children didn’t suffer from single parents because they were most likely born into a single parent family and on the other hand white children suffered because they were born into a two parent family and then later on divorced. Also talked about the common findings in single parent families and talked about that children that are born into a single parent families are at greater risk for adverse consequences than a child that is born into a two parent household. Finally it talks about that all single parent families are not negative because it is more common in the world now than it was back then.

In this article it talks about how most of the children in this type of situation will do well in life. Also talks about how children that are in a single parent family home will most likely drop out of high school and will be more vulnerable to alcohol and drug use. Next it also says that the source of problems is not just by single parenting it could be a combination of economic pressures, family instability and conflict between parents. Also this article compares a single parent with higher education and a good job to a single parent that is barely getting by will have a different effect on their children. The article talked about that there were health records of psychiatric illness, suicide attempts and alcohol abuse problems with single parent families compared to children that had a two parent house hold. Next it talks about how single parents come in effect and how it makes the children feel guilty or abandoned. Finally the article talks about how children with single parents will have lower grades and absenteeism, and have more problems relating to peers and teachers.

In this article it talks about two people’s story about their parents being in a hostel for unmarried mothers that were pregnant. The first person's story talks about how he didn’t know that his mother was pregnant with him and his father abandoned him before his birth. Next he talks about a place in London called Birdhurst where they kept other pregnant women like his mother. After he talks about the place where his mother was put her then talked about what they would do after the pregnant mothers would give birth. The process after the birth was bad for the mothers because they would be limited to stay for three months, which was six weeks before the birth, then six weeks after the birth. Within the three months the mothers would be given time to bond with their babies before deciding whether to have them adopted, but also a calculated move to let enough time elapse to make sure the babies were developmentally healthy, since adoptive couples did not want disabled children. After he found out about his birth place he wanted to meet a person that went through the same experience and that person was Gwen Bishop. Gwen Bishop was young for her age when she was pregnant and she was pregnant by a twenty-one year old. When Gwen was in a home with her stepmom and father she was in a tight spot when she told her dad that she was pregnant because her dad chose her step mom over Gwen and did not want to be seen by her father and step mother and that side of that family. As Gwen grew up she was in a place like Birdhurst and that place was horrible where she was and it was nicknamed “ Home for naughty girls”. In the end of the article Gwen states "Women can be equal to men until they have children. It's a general problem for all women, but it's even greater when they are on their own. And I don't see things getting any better; in fact, with such things as the housing benefit cap, it will get worse." When Gwen says this she is talking about what she has seen through the years of her life.

In this article it talks about the process of “Kill The Indian Save The Man” and how it happend in and around the U.S. This was a project that was created by the U.S. government which would separate the young native american children from their families and tribe. When they would take them away they would put them away at boarding schools around the U.S and the main boarding school that was known for doing the process of “Kill The Indian Save The Man”. While the native american children were taken away from their tribe and pueblos some wouldn’t make the journey to the boarding school and would die and their families wouldn’t know. When the children got to the boarding school they would first cut their hair and take their traditional clothes from them and give them white peoples clothes. As they were at boarding school the government school teachers would do their best to learn the white way and to get the children to forget about their culture and tradition. Some of the children were not changed and still would fight to keep their culture and tradition. If the children wouldn’t cooperate with the process they would be punished and abused till the children would forget about their culture and tradition. With this the government thought this would forcibly assimilate native people into white America. While the children were in boarding schools they didn’t know what was happening outside in the world to their communities they came from and a part of . Also while the children were in school the US encroached on tribal lands through war, broken treaties, and new policies that were created by the government. A few years later the government came up with another solution that is called “Indian Adoption Project '' which would let the U.S government to allow white people to adopt the native american children that were stripped of their culture and tradition and transformed and learned the white people way.

In this article it talks about Native American children that are living in poor single parent homes. The first part they talk about in this article is how American Indian and Alaska Native children in single-parent homes are more likely to live in poverty than any other racial or ethnic group, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Next the article talks about that 50 percent of Native American children that live in mother-only homes lived below the poverty level in 1999. Also they give us a lower percentage that lives in father-only homes which is 32.8 percent that lived below the poverty level in 1999. Next they talked about how poverty was less prevalent for American Indian and Alaska Native children in married couple homes. Yet even in these homes, 18.5 percent lived below the poverty level, a rate surpassed only by Hispanic children. Finally the article talks about how large numbers of Native children lived in homes with someone other than their parents a grandparent, foster parent or other relative.

In this article it talks about a reporter that Interviewed a Woman that was married to a Native American that is part of the Minnesota Chippewa Nation. When she married him she was brought into Native children's lives . While she lived near the reservation she saw a lot happen to Native American children while she was living with her Husband. Next it talked about when her husband was married before and had children. When he was married and had children he would always take off and wouldn’t help his family. Next it talks about a housing area that would help his wife and children because he wouldn’t be there. Next the article talks about the boarding schools. When she talks about the boarding schools and how it was hard for the children that came back from boarding schools to function. Next the article talks about The Indian Child Welfare Act, which was originally intended to keep social workers from removing Indian kids from their families simply because of poverty, has now given tribes a say in foster care, adoption cases, and even divorce custody proceedings.Finally the article talks about the author interviewing a man and he talks about how he supported the idea of keeping Native American children in Native homes more possible. Also he talks about how there is a shortage of native homes and that this will keep going on and on for generations.