Academic Underachievement, Emotional Problems, And Delinquency Are Frequently Attributed To Children Being Raised Solely By Mothers. Research On The Components Of Parenting Reveals That The Two Most Significant Variables Are The Stability Of The Emotional Connection And Predictability Of The Number Of Parents In The Home Or Their Sex

Procedures That Are Pervasive In The Research Enterprise, Including Those That Govern Research Methodology And Design, The Use Of Standardized Instruments, And Analyses Of Content Validity, Build In Bias. Examples Of How Equivalences Of Meaning Can Be Achieved Across Groups Are Draw From Research With Old Order Amish, Hopi, And Puerto Rican Cultures

Convincing Evidence That Sex Differences In Mate Selection Are Best Explained By Psychological Tendencies Stemming From The Primeval Environment Or Are Generated By Contemporary Social Structures Has Not Been Found. An Analysis Of The Two Theories In Light Of Cross Cultural Studies Of Mate Selection Shows The Powerful Influence Exercised By Current Social Structures