Editing Single parent (section)

===Adoption===
[[File:Doing the best she can.jpg|thumb|right|A single mother and child]]
Single parent adoptions are controversial. They are, however, still preferred over divorcees, as divorced parents are considered an unnecessary stress on the child.<ref name="Single Parent Adoptions: Why Not?">{{cite web |last=Cake-Hanson-Cormell |title=Single Parent Adoptions: Why Not? |url=http://www.adopting.org/adoptions/single-parent-adoptions-why-not-2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206130647/http://www.adopting.org/adoptions/single-parent-adoptions-why-not-2.html |archive-date=6 December 2008 |publisher=Adopting.org |year=2001 |url-status=dead |access-date=23 April 2014 }}</ref> In one study, the interviewers asked children questions about their new lifestyle in a single-parent home. The interviewer found that when asked about fears, a high proportion of children feared illness or injury to the parent. When asked about happiness, half of the children talked about outings with their single adoptive parent.<ref name="Single Parent Adoptions: a Longitudinal Study">{{cite journal |title=Single Parent Adoptions: A Longitudinal Study |journal = Children and Youth Services Review|volume = 7 | issue = 4 | year = 1985 |pages=321–334 |first1=Joan F. |last1=Shireman |first2=Renny R. |last2=Johnson |doi=10.1016/S0190-7409(85)80005-0}}</ref> A single person wanting to adopt a child has to be mindful of the challenges they may face, and there are certain agencies that will not work with single adoptive parents at all. Single parents will typically only have their own income to live off of, and thus might not have a backup plan for potential children in case something happens to them.<ref name="Single Parent Adoption">{{cite web|title=Single Parent Adoption |url=http://www.adoptionservices.org/adoption_special/adoption_single.htm |publisher=Adoption Services |access-date=23 April 2014}}</ref> Traveling is also made more complex, as the child must either be left in someone else's care, or taken along.<ref name="Single Parent Adoption: Challenges of Single Adoption">{{cite web |title=Single Parent Adoption: Challenges of Single Adoption |url=http://www.adoptionstogether.org/ResourcesandSupport/SingleParentAdoption.aspx |publisher=Adoptions Together |access-date=23 April 2014 |archive-date=24 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424061926/http://www.adoptionstogether.org/ResourcesandSupport/SingleParentAdoption.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>