And as a single parent, oftentimes, the child has to get out - the oldest child.
She'd been a single parent to their ten-year-old daughter, finished her nursing degree, and handled the family's finances.
Because a mother works or is a single parent, it does not, in itself, condemn a child's development.
Instead, children are put into the custody of a single parent after divorce.
Unless you are a single parent, keep your cell phone in your bag.
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It focuses on the kinds of stresses that military families face: relocation, deployment, separation and being a single parent.
The good news is that being raised by a single parent does not condemn a child to a disadvantaged life.
As a single parent, I knew that playing tennis on the weekends would give me an opportunity to meet people.
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There will also be a series of lectures on subjects like how divorce affects children and coping as a single parent.
One family in five in social housing is headed by a single parent, triple the percentage of the population at large.
So let's say you are a single parent, or a returning veteran, or somebody who just wants a shot at a better-paying job.
Madonna is applying to adopt Chifundo as a single parent following her divorce from film director Guy Ritchie, which was finalised in November 2008.
Blake cared for Kaiya as a single parent but Mr Glenford "kept in touch with the defendant and maintained an interest in her and his daughter".
Having left college without completing my degree, my AmeriCorps education award made it possible to complete my studies while managing the responsibilities of being a single parent.
She said in the statement that she chose to raise her son as a single parent and that the two agreed that it would be a private matter.
Even at that age I could sense the gap in wealth and living standards compared to the relative comfort of growing up in a single parent family in Croydon.
Tammy Andreycak was that person and she realized she had done something wrong and at 42 years old (at the time) and a single parent, she needed to come clean.
As a single parent she would need to do 16 hours per week in order to be eligible for the credits, but her adviser hinted that the rules can be stretched.
Fully Loaded (8% of respondents): Is a single parent.
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Nina, a single parent whose name has been changed to protect her identity, said she discovered her eight-year-old daughter was being abused by her neighbour and friend in one of Bradford's inner city areas.
The social care department said a single parent with an older child who is severely disabled will still qualify for income support on the basis that they are a carer, rather than a lone parent.
At the same time, Americans are more likely than ever to live apart from extended family, including the second parent (34% of all families in the US are headed by a single parent today compared to just 11% in 1970).
The percentage of children raised by a single parent is 10% or higher in all countries except Spain and exceeds 20% in four. (The U.S. tops the list at 27%.) The biggest differences are in the policies (or really, lack thereof) described above.
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Ms. MITCHELL: The thing is that I am a single parent, and I'm here to let the judge know that my intentions are to be moving out, but I need enough time to do so because I have two younger children and I also work a full-time job.
The engineer and grandmother who climbed the ranks of the defense establishment while a single parent was charged with the difficult task of helping BAE make the transition from a supplier of heavy weaponry used in wartime, like the 33-ton Bradley Fighting Vehicle, into a more diversified provider of equipment, electronics and software.
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Stay-at-home parents should qualify for a new government program while they are raising young children--one that provides money for good food, as well as education on cooking, meal planning and shopping--so that one parent in a two-parent household, or a single parent, can afford to be home with the children and provide wholesome, healthy meals.
While Peter was in jail, awaiting trial for corruption, she took a job as a junior litigator, transforming herself into a single working parent, paying legal fees, sparring with her mother-in-law, and mulling a divorce.
Now 63, he grew up in public housing, in a single-parent family in Columbus, Georgia.
Now 63, he grew up in public housing, in a single-parent family in Columbus, Ga.
He was raised by a single-parent mother who struggled to put herself through school and pay the bills.
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