Sentences with phrase «by as a single mother»

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by Lori Gottlieb — a single mother who conceived her only child with donor sperm rather than miss out on motherhood as she has on marriage — is a frank and excruciatingly personal look into some of the sexual revolution's lonelier venues, including the creation of children by anonymous or absent sperm donors, the utter corrosiveness of taking a consumerist approach to romance, and the miserable effects of advancing age on one's sexual marketability.

Tracy (played by Evan Rachel Wood) is angry at her well - meaning mother, Mel (played by Holly Hunter), whose harried life as a single parent makes her resort too often to responses like, «We'll discuss this later.»

Tracy (played by Evan Rachel Wood) is angry at her well - meaning mother, Mel (played by Holly Hunter), whose harried life as a single parent makes her resort too often to responses like,...

Ms Mendy was described by her brother Paul as a «hard - working single mother whose love for her only daughter knew no bounds».

A non-citizen man who can not voice a single opinion that is not fed to him by his controllers, a man who disdains this country, who is NOT a christian, whose mother's history was rewritten after he ran for office (she was a known wh * re not a «good citizen» as she is now portrayed, a man who is a racist against whites even though he is half - white, a man whose wife is disbarred....

In 1940 the largest single group was by far the industrial workers who worked in factories, as my mother and father did.

Instead of putting the emphasis (and limited financial resources) on trying to prevent divorce, we as a society would be better off if we helped fragile families, whether married or cohabiting; poverty, joblessness, frequent cohabitation by single mothers (and 40 percent of births to single mothers are women who are cohabiting)-- this is what's creating conditions that lead to suffering among children.

Power of Playtime: Single Mothers Can Reduce Stress by Playing, Engaging with Children Single mothers who engage with children in daily activities - such as reading stories or playing games - may experience lower levels of Mothers Can Reduce Stress by Playing, Engaging with Children Single mothers who engage with children in daily activities - such as reading stories or playing games - may experience lower levels of mothers who engage with children in daily activities - such as reading stories or playing games - may experience lower levels of stress.

It is said that all publicity is good publicity, but cynically attempting to create controversy by playing on the abuse all too many mothers receive is indefensible — as well as a breach of Unilever's stated commitments and undermining of the Single Equality Act.

According to the Census Bureau, in 2012 the poverty rate among children living with only their mother was 47.2 %; by contrast, the poverty rate among children living with their married parents was 11.1 %, meaning that a child living with a single mother was almost five times as likely to be poor as a child living with married parents.

Daughters raised by single mothers are more likely to engage in early sexual activity and become pregnant; their brothers are twice as likely to spend time in jail as their peers raised by married parents.

May 5: Reflections On Mother's Day By An Adoptive Mom - In - Waiting As a single, Asian, hopeful adoptive parent in the domestic adoption pool, Melinda knows it may be a while before she finds a match.

As it turns out, many birthparents have been raised by a single mother.

So as a single mother i say what we choose to do for our children is right to us, And by golly thats all that matters.

My first child was born in 1993, and as a young single mother, I was deeply inspired by a midwife I met.

Raised by a single mother without a lot of money, she moved around a lot, spent some time homeless and got into lots of trouble as a kid — you know, acted out, got put in the «slow» class in sixth grade.

For an amusing read that will leave you crying tears of laughter, pick up Have Baby, Will Date by Andrea Pasion, a story about a single mother and all the funny things we all go through as moms, from maternity clothes to breast pumps, and more!

By: Sheana Ochoa After getting married I knew my status as a blogger for The Next Family would have to change from «single mother by choice» to «urban dweller», which, I told my editor, didn't sound as sexBy: Sheana Ochoa After getting married I knew my status as a blogger for The Next Family would have to change from «single mother by choice» to «urban dweller», which, I told my editor, didn't sound as sexby choice» to «urban dweller», which, I told my editor, didn't sound as sexy.

Once typical of only poor and minority women, this trend doesn't seem to be slowing down, as the stigma of being a single mother has been replaced by the choice by women to have children on their own.

i can come from this as an RN as well, and introducing formula can undermine an early breastfeeding relationship, especially when the mother is in the hospital constantly being pushed to use it by every single nurse who has not taken a class at all on the biological working of the human breast.

Raising a Daughter as a Single Father Many dads are intimidated by the idea of having to raise a daughter without a mother in the home.

Inclusion criteria: all mothers who had booked into the single maternity hospital (> 97 % of all births) serving the city of Dunedin, New Zealand, between May 2009 - November 2010, as well as mothers who planned to give birth at home and were invited to participate by their midwife.

Author Jane Mattes founded her national group Single Mothers by Choice and used it as her foundation for her book, «Single Mothers by Choice».

While Gillibrand has been singled out for her looks on a number of occasions (she ranks No. 3 on The Hill newspaper's latest 50 Most Beautiful list) and also regularly plays up her full - tuime mother / congresswoman status, Blakeman's comment has been characterized as a sexist gaffe by most of the observers with whom I've chatted since the debate.

The tone was set by speakers such as Sue Cohen of the Single Parent Action Network who condemned the government for «riding on a climate of bigotry towards lone parents created by the last Tory government», and Marion Davis of One Plus, the major one parent organisation in Scotland, who pointed out that «the present government is looking towards the US» and asked «Do we really want to live in a society where lone mothers have to queue up at soup kitchens as they do in the US?»

Councillor Brenda Dacres, who stood unsuccessfully to be Lewisham mayor earlier this year, said she was motivated to stand by the Windrush scandal, as a single mother whose parents were from the Windrush generation.

The results were stratified by gender and parents» marital status — married, never married, to include co-habiting, single and separated, and divorced — taking account of influential factors, such as the mother's educational attainment, ethnic origin and area of residence.

Some pups are reared by single - mothers, some by both parents (with the father providing much of the same care as the mother) and some in communal family groups.

She learned by the hard knocks of life, as well as the experience of failed marriages along with struggling as single mother, juggling work - life balance, and losing herself in relationships.

Mysterious women from Ukraine have always been so interesting for single men from Western countries who adore the culture of that Slavic country, as well as the beauty of local singles given them by Mother Nature.

In that film, directed by neophyte Tim Hamilton, Heder played a slacker who must reinvestigate his goals and priorities when his single mother (Diane Keaton) takes a self - help guru (Jeff Daniels) as her new beau.

The film is anchored by two excellent central performances; normally known for stand - up comedy, Dave Johns as the titular character delivers solid work in his film debut but it's Hayley Squires as the single mother of two who finds herself in some devastating circumstances that truly captures your heart.

Inspired by her experience with her mother growing up, though, Applegate agreed to return to TV to star as a single mom balancing work and family in the sitcom Jesse (1998).

The youngest of two children raised by a single mother, she grew up taking acting classes, and at the age of 20, she left Canada to pursue a career as a model.

Gaspar Noé's Climax (detailed below) was the big winner at the Directors» Fortnight, taking home the Art Cinema Award, and Lucia's Grace, directed by Gianni Zanasi and starring Alba Rohrwacher as a single working mother struggling to find balance in her life, won the Europa Cinemas Label Award for the section's best European film.

In a Perfect World...: Documentary that explores the dynamics of what it is to be a man raised by a single mother told through the lens of the director ¿ s own relationship with her son as well as interviews with men revealing their painful youth.

In a contemporary adaptation of Langston Hughes» celebrated play, the holiday musical drama BLACK NATIVITY follows Langston (Jacob Latimore), a street-wise teen from Baltimore raised by a single mother, as he journeys to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged relatives Reverend Cornell and Aretha Cobbs (Forest Whitaker and Angela Bassett).

Jerry dumps his fiancee and sets up shop with Dorothy (Renee Zellweger), a single mother so inspired by his mission statement — and his dimples — that she quits her job as an SMI bookkeeper to go to work for him.

The Europa Cinemas Label winner stars director - actress Alba Rohrwacher as a single - mother surveyor who encounters a feminist Madonna, standing by some TV sets in an electronics store.

Reprising their roles, Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga («Up In the Air,» TV's «Bates Motel») and Patrick Wilson (the «Insidious» films), star as Lorraine and Ed Warren, who, in one of their most terrifying paranormal investigations, travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.

The playful girl and her mom are renting week - to - week, yet as the summer passes Bobby gets drawn into the life of the neglected child and becomes concerned over the choices being made by her young, single mother (Bria Vinaite).

As Louis and Hilary slash away at each other, digging into a traumatic childhood dominated by a dismissive father and a depressive mother, they seem to merge into a single, angry mass.

In this juxtaposition, a young girl named Moonee (Brooklynn Prince in one of several terrific performances by unknown actors) creates her own happiness in the shadow of the Happiest Place on Earth, and gets into trouble, as she's raised by a single mother (Bria Vinaite) who in many ways is a child herself.

Its iconic performance by Joan Crawford as Mildred, a single mother hell - bent on freeing her children from the stigma of economic hardship, solidified Crawford's career comeback and gave the actor her only Oscar.

Directed by David O. Russell, the comedy - drama tells the story of Miracle Mop inventor Joy Mangano, following the single mother of three as she struggles to build her business empire.

Following a single father who works as a human billboard in Taipei, and his left - to - their - own - devices kids, with the presence of their mother represented by three different actresses, the film has the barest thread of story (Tsai has admitted that he no longer has any real interest in narrative), and seems determined to provoke less patient audience members into walking out, with a series of shots that last upwards of ten minutes without all that much movement in them.

The film follows Bello, as a single mother, who is taken hostage along with her child by a relentless bank robber.

Again directed by James Wan («Furious 7,» «Saw»), the followup film features returning stars Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson as they come to the aid of a single mother in London whose family is haunted by evil spirits.

A second trailer has surfaced independent war - torn drama TWICE BORN (or VENUTO AL MONDO) Penelope Cruz leads the film, directed by Italian actor - turned - filmmaker Sergio Castellitto, as a single mother attempting to put some demons to rest when she returns with her young son to Sarajevo, the home which she shared with his father (played by Emile Hirsch) before his death during the harrowing Bosnian conflict of the 1990s.

Written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Howard J. Ford (The Dead, The Dead 2: India), this high - octane thrill ride stars Angela Dixon (Offensive, Dead End) in a «powerhouse performance» (Bradley Hadcroft, The People's Movies) as a single mother who takes the law into her own hands to rescue her abducted child.