After reviewing statistics of the past several decades, researcher Robert Lerman wrote The shift toward single  parent families may have contributed to a higher incidence of other social problems, such as higher rates of school dropouts, of alcohol and drug use, of adolescent pregnancy and childbearing, and of juvenile delinquency
पण वस्तूस्थिती ही आहे की या कुमारी मातांची मुले मोठी होऊन सहसा तुरुंगात जातात आणि त्यांच्या मुली स्वतः कुमारी माता बनतात.