SHARE Magazine October 2021

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Single Parenting Support Needed

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“There is a high and increasing proportion of single-parent families in Jamaica. This has raised concerns about the potential impact of single-parent families on the social, cognitive and behavioral development of children, including their sexual relationships.” These words from the opening of the publication of research conducted by Cambridge University Press in 2016. The study found that 41% of Jamaican families are single-parent families.[1] Regionally

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