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    Single mothers are being affected by the cuts on the food stamps. Most of the times this singles mothers have to pay for rent, for the care of the child, clothes and all theirs needs. Several times with their salary is not enough to afford for a good quality food, for their children and when they apply to receive assistance from the city which are called the food stamps, it not enough to buy a good quality food for their child's. According to (Thenation.com) single mothers are the one who work more

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    met my “dad”, not even from day one. I never was able to get to know him, or see him, but I did have a mom. I faced the odds of becoming the stereotypical kid with a single parent that went down the wrong path, but I never did. Life caused me to have a single mother that has made me the strong person that I am today. Watching my mother live from pay check to pay check when I was young was difficult. It was always hard for my mom to keep up with other parents but, she still somehow managed to get me

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    child without a father and just a mother. Would it be the same as having a father around or would things be different? In Abigail Foerstner, Happy Father’s Day Mom, a lot of Mother’s out in the world raising their children alone, but how would a child and Mother feel not having a Father or husband around the house. Would it be the same having your mother playing a sport with you as your father. Could you work, take care of the bills, and enjoy your family being a single parent. Is it possible to survive

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    my upbringing by a single mother. I never had a strong relationship with my father, as he never really involved himself in my life other than maybe 1 or 2 instances when I was a baby. Thus, when it comes to examining my relationships with others, I can only really draw on the qualities of my mother than can be in others. It is interesting how in my romantic relationships, specifically the one I am currently in, I do not see any parallels with my partner and my mother. My mother was quite stern and

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    Mr. Ali [His real name withheld] married a single mom with two kids. He did a lot of work in two shifts for about over a year. When the tax return time came along, he claimed dependents on his tax return. As soon as he received the money, he sneaked out of the country to visit his wife in Africa. Mr. Ali told his wife that he once married a woman, but then they got divorced. As usual, thousands of such cases do happen every day. Therefore, single moms out there always fall victim to men such like

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    Thought of the day-Single mother Tomorrow marks the day, five years ago, when I turned from a couple to single, when the ‘Mrs’ was deleted from my name officially and when I had to fill up forms, I had to tick the “widow” slot. Funnily there were no ‘widower’ slots! The immediate effect of on my mutilated family was that I had become the head of the family holding my children’s lives solely in my hands. I had lots of help from my parents, my sister and her husband, my brothers, aunts, uncles and

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    I am one of the 23% of single mothers in America (Bureau, 2016). Being a single mother is both common yet challenging because many single mothers face the same issues: it is hard to maintain a steady job, it is challenging to managing finances, and it is covered in a negative stigma. I set an alarm for six in the morning, but typically Nathan’s cries wake me up around four. Since he is four months old now, he has a tendency to wake up due to his sleep cycle changing (Swanson, 2015). A typical transition

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    Many individuals are unfortunate enough to be raised by a single parent or are even orphaned. For those people, there are missing those who are supposed to lead them down the correct path of the game we all play called life. (Not to say that good people cannot be orphans or raised by a single parent, they just lack an important piece of their childhood) Luckily for myself, I was born to parents who were responsible enough and had planned for their lives as spouses and parents. And ever since I was

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    Introduction A vast majority of the students who attend college today are single mothers, however the literature fails to capture this unique population (Beeler, 2016). College students who are single mothers “face unique challenges, such as juggling childcare, finances, and household duties, that make enrollment in traditional 4-year college difficult” (Dugan & Graham, 2011, p.152). College students who are single mothers face these challenges because they do not have the support from a spouse and

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    Perspective on Single-parent Mother Society has a different perspective over various aspects that determine society and to change that perspective means to provide something new and beneficial towards it. Socialization and equality has changed the perspective of single-parent mother from what it was within couple of years back from now. Single-mother used to be viewed from different perspectives, and were thought to be the burden for the whole society, whereas now, single-mother is known as independent

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