Single-parent families are harmful / Barbara Dafoe Whitehead -- Divorce harms children / Karl Zinsmeister -- Single-parent families contribute to the breakdown of society / Jean Bethke Elshtain -- Fathers are important to families / David Blankenhorn -- The harmful effects of single-parent families are exaggerated / Arlene Skolnick and Stacey Rosencranz -- Single-parent families have been unfairly stigmatized / Iris Marion Young -- The harm caused by unwed mothers is exaggerated / Clarence Page -- Single mothers are unfairly blamed for poverty / Holly Sklar -- Single motherhood is a legitimate choice / Katha Pollitt.