McLanahan and Sandefur argue that divorce and family break-up have a negative influence on children's well-being.

McLanahan and Sandefur argue that divorce and family break-up have a negative influence on children's well-being. In The Unfinished Revolution, Gerson presents an

alternative way of thinking about family break-up and divorce with the concept of "family pathways". Explain McLanahan and Sandefur's arguments about how growing up with a single parent affects children, and Gerson's argument about family pathways and how they are different from family structure.