A new briefing paper, written by Kristi Williams, an associate professor of sociology at The Ohio State University, and released Monday by the Council on Contemporary Families, argues marriages of single mothers are not necessarily beneficial to the women or their children. 

 

CNBC Article by Allison Linn 

 

Promoting Marriage among Single Mothers: An Ineffective Weapon in the War on Poverty? Council on Contemporary Families Brief

 

Marriage for Single Mothers No Panacea in the War on Poverty blog response by W. Bradford Wilcox at the Institute for Family Studies