Once the eggs are hatched, however, a lone parent does almost as well at raising the chicks as both do together.

但是一旦鸟卵孵化，单亲就几乎可以和双亲一样抚养幼鸟了。

youdao

Where a lone parent has just one pre-school child, the incentives to work longer hours are still "relatively low", the report claims.

BBC: mum and daughter

Once a lone parent's youngest child has reached the age of 12, and is attending a secondary school, they should no longer qualify for income support on this basis.

BBC: Isle of Man welfare change for single parents

In addition to rising inequality, Britain's lowly position in the poverty league table is accentuated by its particularly high share of children living in lone parent families and workless households.

ECONOMIST: Child poverty