Topic: Single Parenting

Single mothers 'hardest hit by cuts': study

Single mothers will be hit harder than any other group by the government's programme of benefit cuts and tax rises, losing an average 8.5% of their income after tax by 2015, according to new research.Cuts to public services will also hit lone ...

Single mothers 'hardest hit' by British govt cuts

Single mothers will be hit harder than any other group by the government's programme of benefit cuts and tax rises, losing an average 8.5% of their income after tax by 2015, according to new research.Cuts to public services will also hit lone ...

Absent fathers should be shamed, says Cameron

Fathers who run out on their children deserve to be shamed in the same way as drink-drivers, Prime Minister David Cameron has said in an impassioned article to mark Father's Day.Writing in The Sunday Telegraph, Cameron launched a staunch defence of traditional ...
Possible presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has denied he ever described actress Natalie Portman as a bad role modelPossible presidential candidate and conservative celebrity Mike Huckabee has denied he ever described actress Natalie Portman as a bad role model. The former Arkansas governor ...

Arizona teacher claims $95.3 million lottery jackpot

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Ending nearly two weeks of suspense, a 64-year-old substitute teacher and single parent from Arizona claimed a $95.3 million Powerball jackpot.Sheila Verke, a Fort Mohave resident, presented the single-winning ticket to lottery officials in Phoenix on Monday. She opted ...
What are you thankful for this year? My mom and older brother, Carlo took JD and my niece to see Santa on Saturday so I could attend a baby shower and do some holiday shopping.. 6. Good T.V. Look, I'm a single ...
As Benjamin Waugh found in his 1890 investigation, "Baby Farming," the miserable conditions of most baby farms bore no resemblance to the genteel homes hoped for by the parents of the farmed baby.. Waugh recounts the experience of investigators for the National ...

What are the Statistics?

We all may have read or heard the facts in the media about the plight of the single black mother. The family structure in the United States, including marriage, divorce and living situations has changed across the board throughout the years regardless ...

Living on a Low Income

People with low incomes -- or interrupted incomes -- often feel like they are living hand-to-mouth, and there always seems to be more month left at the end of their money. Chip away at debt, live on your budget and God will ...

How Financial Aid for Single Mothers Works

Just four years, and maybe $40,000, to improve your quality of life.. The federal Pell Grant gives single moms free tuition assistance to attend any college in the country.. Federal financing is a great place to begin, since a fairly recent development ...
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