“…Networks can be large and small, dense and less dense, or supportive and less supportive. Socially isolated single parents are rarely found, but those that are found tend to be living in poverty (Campbell et al, 2016;Keim, 2018;Lumino et al, 2016;Niepel, 1994). Contacts lost through separation are often replaced with new friends or by the intensification of existing relationships (Niepel, 1994).…”