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Single, No Children
- Adults Who Are Not Married and Adults with No Children: Two Demographic Groups on the Rise
- Conceptualizing Family in the Lives of Singles with No Children
- Families of Origin
- Are There Defining Criteria for “Family”?
- “Doing” Family: What Do Families Do?
- Care for Those Who Cannot Care for Themselves
- Socialize the Young
- Share Experiences and Create a Sense of Continuity and Identity
- Exchange Emotional, Practical, and Material Support
- Who Are the Important People in the Lives of Singles with No Children?
- Getting to Choose: Is Family Whoever You Say It Is?
- In the Eyes of Others: Who Counts as Family?
- Reconsidering: Should We Really Count Friends as Family?
- A Look Toward the Future
- References
Abstract
After his election in 2008, President Barack Obama nominated a single woman with no children, Janet Napolitano, to be the Secretary of Homeland Security. Commenting on Napolitano's qualifications, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell declared her to be “perfect”—“because for that job, you have to have no life. Janet has no family. Perfect. She can devote, literally, 19–20 hours a day to it” (Collins, 2008).
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