Sentences with phrase «by as a single parent»

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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.»

In 1999, we are no longer reduced to «guessing» whether he was inspired or speaking only as a man: • adultery has lost its moral significance and become commonplace; • chastity has become a symbol of unhealthy development; • contraception in expectation of fornication is taught to children in the schools; • respect between the sexes has been replaced by mutual exploitation and / or competition; • marriage has lost its sacramental nature and its enduring promise; • statistically, divorce is common, teenage pregnancy is widespread, single parent and serially parented families increase, sexual disease is epidemic, intercourse is recreational, abortion is ubiquitous.

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,...

Murray Straus's studies suggest that marital violence occurs in one out of four marriages, not as a single event but as a pattern (Richard J. Gelles and Claire Pedrick Cornell, Intimate Violence in Families [Sage Publications, 1985], p. 69) The Center for the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence estimates that one girl out of three and one boy out of seven are sexually abused by age 18, and that in half the cases their abusers are family members; that 1 million children are physically abused by parents or caretakers every year; and that 1 million elderly people are abused every year by their adult children.

For his part, Sam's father, overwhelmed by the responsibilities of being a single parent and his apparently unlimited liability in the face of Sam's seemingly interminable dependence on him, lived his life as though his identity were simply that of the man whose son has an appalling medical history, whose wife has committed suicide, who alone is responsible for caring for his almost unmanageable son for the rest of his life.

I shall be reflecting largely from my own experience, as process thought enables and indeed requires us to do; but the nature of that experience is essentially that shared by all who nurture — whether, for example, single social workers, middle - aged adoptive parents, teachers who care about their students or, I suspect, those artists and poets who cherish and give birth to the world.

I would suggest that such voracious demands on people's lives, felt most mercilessly by the hardest pressed, such as employed single parents, are inimical to the family and to many other things of value.

Getting an active child to sit down for a meal of any kind, much less a well - balanced, made - from - scratch meal with the entire family, as he rushes off to or home from school, sports practices or games, or other activities that cram virtually every nook and cranny of a child's day, has become virtually impossible for many families, especially those headed by single parents.

Turned off by the alienation that many of us experienced as babysat, latchkey, single - parented kids of the 1970s and»80s, my generation is choosing to raise our children differently by attempting to integrate family, professional and social life into one seamless web.

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.

According to a survey by the National Association of Sports Officials (NASO), 76 % of the survey respondents report poor sportsmanship by parents as the single biggest reason officials quit.

As a result, men make up a growing share of single parent householders.2 In 1960, about 14 % of single parent households were headed by fathers, today almost one - quarter (24 %) are.

While being a solo parent is challenging, this group of women is not the downtrodden cliché portrayed in the July 14th NYT article, «Two classes divided by «I do;» The reporter blasted single moms as an errant demographic, haggard and tired with no time.

Families who share caregiving among members of their extended family or trade caregiving with friends in a cooperative arrangement (strategies used by some single parent families as well as by two parent families);

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?&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?&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?»

As the Oct. 7 deadline fast approached, educators at almost 350 public schools across New York City prepared themselves and their school communities for the crushing loss of more than 700 school support staff — including school aides, parent coordinators, lunchroom workers, crossing guards and others — who were set to be let go by the city in the largest layoff at a single city agency since Mayor Michael Bloomberg took office in 2002.

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.

The report also found that of the 10 most common occupations in the state, only two — software engineering and nursing — paid enough for a single parent supporting a preschooler and a school - age child to get by in all but the most inexpensive counties, such as Okanogan and Asotin, Pearce said.

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.

Homemade Laundry Detergent By Jess As a single parent, BIG money saving ideas are a must in my lifestyle, so when I found this great homemade laundry detergent recipe I was was intrigued and had to try it...

The Terms & Conditions for use of any and all sites within the Passions Network, Inc. network of sites is as follows: Single Parent Passions is part of the Passions Network, Inc. («Passions Network») network of sites, and the service («Service») provided by this site, and all other sites within the «Passions Network» network of sites, is a way for adults to meet each other online.

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One of the «hottest» dating websites for single parents, Local Single Moms takes online dating to the next level by offering the usual services as well as instant messaging, forums, video and audio chat rooms, and a newsfeed with your top masingle parents, Local Single Moms takes online dating to the next level by offering the usual services as well as instant messaging, forums, video and audio chat rooms, and a newsfeed with your top maSingle Moms takes online dating to the next level by offering the usual services as well as instant messaging, forums, video and audio chat rooms, and a newsfeed with your top matches.

I want to be more of a relationship coach helping people by sharing my perspective as a man and as a single parent.»

According to bicupid, bisexual singles can save a lot of time and money: If you date a woman or man out you have to waste much time as well as money heading out on dates at fancy restaurants and coffee shops with people whom you were introduced by a common friend or parents.

When you're already surrounded by innumerable troubles as a single parent, it wouldn't be a great idea to take another burden of finding the right dating website, would it?

Backed by one of the biggest names in the online dating industry, DatingForParents.com is certainly regarded as a great service that has brought together single parents from across the globe and given them the impetus of getting back to dating.

As the name suggests, the primary focus of this website is to bring together single parents from across the globe so that they're able to connect with people from the convenience of their couch and don't have to bear the burden of finding a match by themselves...

Owned by the same company as SeniorPeopleMeet, SingleParentMeet hooks up single parents, who often share similar priorities and attitudes when it comes to dating.

Compatible Partners for gay and lesbian singles was founded in 2009 by its parent website eharmony, as a niche version of the original.

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If the conversation is about online dating sites for single parents, Takes online dating to the next level by offering the usual services as well as instant messaging, forums, video and audio chat rooms, and a newsfeed with your top matches.

Dating is a stage of romantic relationships in humans whereby two people meet socially with the aim of each assessing the other's suitability as a After her marriage broke up, Jenny Beard, 42, signed up to an internet dating site for single parents, only to find herself bombarded by spam emails from

Written by the legendary Neil Simon, The Goodbye Girl stars Marsha Mason stars as a single parent doing her best to make it on her own.

The story line is deliberately, intensely claustrophobic, shot in the depths of catacomb - like rehearsal rooms and shadowy backstage corridors; it's almost unrelievedly plotted but for Paul Reiser as Andrew's well - meaning but hapless single parent, and one forlorn girlfriend, Nicole (Melissa Benoist) left by the wayside as our hero discards her on his way to becoming «one of the greats.»

An increase of one standard deviation in the level of maternal schooling increases the likelihood of graduating from college by 14 percentage points, nearly three times as much as the corresponding effect for single - parent family structure (5 percentage points).

Now new research published in Education Next shows that by the age of 24, individuals who lived in single - parent families as adolescents have received fewer years of schooling and are less likely to attain a bachelor's degree than those from two - parent families.

Moreover, neighborhood schools are often heavily influenced by local community members, as opposed to parents, with concerns that can at times distract a school from the single - minded focus that we see in truly great schools.

By the time we met in the spring of 2013, DragonBox had already been downloaded about 85,000 times, mostly by parents, and Huynh had become convinced that the iPad's ability to let children access the material directly, as well as the app's straightforward pedagogy, made them «the single best resource I can use» to teach childreBy the time we met in the spring of 2013, DragonBox had already been downloaded about 85,000 times, mostly by parents, and Huynh had become convinced that the iPad's ability to let children access the material directly, as well as the app's straightforward pedagogy, made them «the single best resource I can use» to teach childreby parents, and Huynh had become convinced that the iPad's ability to let children access the material directly, as well as the app's straightforward pedagogy, made them «the single best resource I can use» to teach children.

As of the fall of 1999, 162 of 216 charter - school operators were running a single campus; only 10 ran 5 or more, signaling a grassroots movement driven mainly by local educators and parents, not distant management companies.

Still, the founders of the would - be charters — in some cases simply parents in the community — are appalled by what they see as the dearth of innovation in the school systems, which lack even a single language - immersion program.

As noted in the NPRM, the HEA authorizes a single PLUS loan program and limits borrowing to graduate and professional students or parents who do not have an adverse credit history, as determined pursuant to regulations promulgated by the SecretarAs noted in the NPRM, the HEA authorizes a single PLUS loan program and limits borrowing to graduate and professional students or parents who do not have an adverse credit history, as determined pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Secretaras determined pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Secretary.

Start with these 12 ways to save money as a single parent on a tight budget, and commit yourself to put the money you save into a separate savings account so that it doesn't get eaten up by your regular expenses.

The eligibility requirements for any non-regular classes must be approved by the AKC before they appear in the Premium List...»»... The winners of single - dog - entry classes, if otherwise undefeated in the show, compete for Best of Breed / Variety...» A number of Specialty Clubs have, as part of their eligibility requirements for non - regular classes, used parent club approved titles as a qualification — these include weight pull (titles and / or leg toward), Carting (Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs, and Rottweilers), Sled Dog (Siberians, Malamutes), Water Rescue (Newfoundlands).

The American Belgian Malinois Club (ABMC) is the single organization recognized by AKC as the national parent club.

Projects vary: Some are run by one or two developers as a hobby, others bring together developers paid by many massive corporations, while others are driven by a single parent company.

I was a sick black woman, on a part disability payment, a single parent and considered by many as having no chance of survival, let alone success.