所谓单亲家庭,一般是指孩子的父母其中一方死亡或离异,孩子只随其父或母生活,或孩子的父母均已死亡,孩子随其祖父或祖母和其他亲属生活,称为单亲。本文所探讨的单亲家庭主要是指父母离异的单亲家庭。 The so-called single-parent family generally means that one of the parents of the child dies or divorces, the child lives only with his father or mother, or the child’s parents have died. The child lives with his grandfather or grandmother and other relatives and is called a single parent. The single-parent families discussed in this article mainly refer to single-parent families whose parents divorced.