As you might expect, children in single parent families and children with parents who have less than a high school diploma are at greatest risk of living in poverty.
In 1993, one-third of single parents and their children lived in poverty, and by 1999, just over 25 percent of single parent families were living in those circumstances.
Kids from single parent families certainly can have long term problems.
He also works with youth at Georgia's Paulding Detention Center and provides scholarships to single parent families through the Boys and Girls Club.