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Nigerian Observer

Single Parents organise to protest
Socialist Worker
This week Minister Joan Burton will send to thousands of one parent families a letter to review existing one-parent claimants. As 65% of the poorest children in Ireland live in one parent households, this letter will terrify many single parents.
Full StoryNigerian Observer

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The Hour

Single moms make 'breakthrough' overcoming hardships together
The Hour
Also a single mother, Cassermere had recently formed a non-profit group called Breakthrough Options for Families, aimed at helping parents just like Winters overcome the hardship that comes with raising a child alone. And when parents were on their ...



Real Single Mothers is Where Struggling Single Mothers Can Seek Help
SBWire (press release)
Financial help for Single Mothers may now be easy. Find out more about various options to ease off the struggles in the life of a Single Mother. Singapore -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/02/2012 -- Parenting in the modern world comes with many challenges in view of ...



Gingerbread single-parent charity in Longton gets grant
BBC News
A charity that offers shelter and support to single parents in Stoke-on-Trent has been awarded a lottery grant of £304215. The Gingerbread Centre will use the money to fund two full-time posts for a five-year project to increase single-parents' self ...

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More Duluth families use lunch program as economy takes bite from budgets
Duluth News Tribune
(Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com) Amy Brooks is a single parent of two kids in Duluth with annual wages and child support that total about $14000. She is a full-time college student and has part-time work study and serving jobs.

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Deadline.com

Sarah Chalke Gets An ABC Pilot!
PerezHilton.com
The Scrubs star not only has a recurring role on Cougar Town, but now she's signed on to a new ABC pilot called How to Live with Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life. The show revolves a single mom who moves in with her eccentric parents.
Sarah Chalke to Star in ABC Pilot 'How to Live With Your Parents for the Rest ...Hollywood Reporter
'Scrubs' star Sarah Chalke cast in ABC pilot 'How To Live With Your Parents'TheCelebrityCafe.com
Sarah Chalke books ABC comedy pilotEntertainment Weekly (blog)
TVLine -Digital Spy -Deadline.com
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Number of single parents raising children continues to increase
NewsOK.com
Photo by Steve Gooch, The Oklahoman More than 168600 single parents ? nearly 122700 of them women ? are raising their children alone in Oklahoma, up nearly 19 percent in the past decade, according to US Census Bureau figures.

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Carolyn Hax: A single woman bristles at a married co-worker's questions
Washington Post
She's being a jerk, not a spokesjerk for the Married Suburban Mothers Consortium, and if you were a married mom, she'd be commenting inappropriately about something else. About those married moms: Married couples with children make up 20 percent of ...
Woman needs to show co-worker social boundaries existArizona Daily Star

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Telegraph.co.uk

Single-parent families reach two million
Telegraph.co.uk
The number of single-parent families in Britain has reached the 2 million mark for the first time, official figures show. More children are living in single-parent households. Photo: GETTY By Martin Beckford, Social Affairs Editor As more couples shun ...
Britain Has 2 Million Single Parents, Highest record In EuropeUKZAMBIANS
Number of single parent families reaches two millionMadeForMums

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'Happy hour with a cause' supports scholarship program
The City Wire
FAYETTEVILLE ? As guests began to file into Mermaids restaurant for the Single Parent Scholarship Fund's Winter Social on Feb. 2, ?happy hour with a cause? conversation began to flow, as did the complimentary wine and beer. Live acoustic guitar filled ...