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How can I make notes with bullet points in this paragraph? However, there also were differences depending on the type of single-mother family. Children whose mothers had never married were less sociable and socially skilled and displayed fewer positive behaviors with their mothers than children whose mothers were single because they were separated or divorced. In a national study in Finland, differential consequences of single parenthood were also apparent even when the children were grown up: boys whose mothers who were unmarried until their sons were at least 14 years old were eight times more likely to be repeat violent offenders compared with boys who grew up in two-parent households, but if mothers became single as the result of divorce, their sons were only twice as likely to be violent offenders as boys who grew up in two-parent families (Koskinen et al., 2001).One reason for the differences among single-parent families in the United States is that the median family income of never-married mothers is only half that of divorced mothers (Clarke-Stewart et al., 2000). These mothers are also younger and less educated than divorced mothers and more likely to be African American. They might have more psychological problems. Stress, financial hardship, and lack of social support all contribute to poorer child outcomes in single-mother families, just as they do in two-parent families (Parke, 2013; Smock & Greenland, 2010). As one single mother reflected (Golombok, 2000, p. 4): Need Assignment Help?