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Arthur Delaney

Army Mom Confined To Base After Skipping Deployment To Care For Baby

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Court Martial, Fort Stewart Hunter, Afghanistan, Single Mothers, Military Parents, Georgia, Savannah, Military Policy, Military, Miss Deployment, Single Parents, Army Moms, Court-Martial, Deployment, Fort Stewart Hunter Army Airfield, Alexis Hutchinson, Politics News

Single-mother Alexis Hutchinson refused to deploy to Afghanistan on Nov. 5, she said, because she didn't have anyone to take care of her infant son. N...

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What Do You Know? It's National Singles Week

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Divorce, Relationships, Single Grandparents, Stephen Colbert, Travel, Homeowners, Cultural Lag, Widow, Myths, Singles Blog Crawl, Happiness, Quiz, Social Support, Jon Stewart, Single Parents, Health, Sex, Living Alone, National Singles Week, NY Times, Census Bureau, Single With Attitude, Living News
Bella DePaulo

Our perceptions of single people and their place in society have not caught up with the realities. How well do you know your single people? Take this quiz.

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Renegade and Dreams of My Absent Father

Don McNay | Posted 09.08.2009 | Media

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Don McNay

Obama's election was not only a door opener for people of color. It also showed that people with absent dads, or no dad at all, can grow up and live in the White House.

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Girlfriends' Guide To Divorced Parents: 'Hey Kids, Wanna Have A Sleepover With Daddy's New Friend?'

Vicki Iovine | Posted 08.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Parenting, Divorce, Single Parents, Parenting Advice, Dating, Family, Girlfriends' Guide, Relationships, Living News
Vicki Iovine

We may be divorcing, but the father of my kids is still one of the funniest guys I know. He and I were talking on the phone recently and he explained ...

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Sotomayor: Who Could Be More American?

Ed Hayes | Posted 08.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Catholic, District Attorney, Single Parents, New York, Bronx, New York News
Ed Hayes

There are those who see Judge Sotomayor as an example of the American Dream, a woman who came from a working-class background into the best schools and drove herself intellectually and physically.

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Marital Mentality #2: The More Profound Historic Change

Bella DePaulo | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Singled Out, Friends, Relationships, Marriage, Solo Living, Personal Communities, Singles, Myths, Sociability, Same-Sex Marriage, Meaning of Life, Solitude, Single Parents, Passions, Siblings, Legal Protections, Family, Living News
Bella DePaulo

Why should you have to be any kind of a couple to have access to basic rights, protections, dignity, and respect?

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Grandfathers: Stepping into the Lives of Boys

Peggy Drexler | Posted 08.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Single Mothers, Single Parents, Single Parenting, Single Motherhood, Fatherhood, Parenting, Grandfathers, Fathers, Living News
Peggy Drexler

As more women raise boys alone, the fathers of those women are moving to a different place in boy's lives. They can fill the missing pieces in ways that no one outside the family can.

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Incarcerated Fathers Are Still Fathers

Alden Loury | Posted 07.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Children of the Incarcerated, Single Parents, Family Values, Prison, Daniel Beaty, Criminal Justice, Father's Day, Father Absence, Video, Chicago News
Alden Loury

In Illinois, nearly 90,000 children have a parent in prison or a parent who recently left prison. That pain can last for decades, and it doesn't instantly dissolve when those imprisoned fathers come home.

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USA Today Reporter Responds to Blog Post

Bella DePaulo | Posted 03.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Marriage-Promotion, Singled Out, Divorce, Children, Matrimania, Singles, Media, Government Programs, Myths, Happiness, Blogs, Marriage, USA Today, Singlism, Wealth, Advertising, Single Parents, Health, Discrimination, Methodology, Media News
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Promoting Marriage-Promotion with Dubious Scientific Claims: USA Today's Feature Story

Bella DePaulo | Posted 03.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Law, Singled Out, Longevity, Children, George W. Bush, Matrimania, Media, Policy, Myths, Barack Obama, Happiness, Marriage, USA Today, Emerging Adulthood, Singlism, Marriage Promotion, Wealth, Advertising, Single Parents, Health, Discrimination, AtMP, Finances, Media News
Bella DePaulo

USA Today is very excited about marriage. Splashed across the front page of the Health and Behavior section, set off by a colorful illustration, was t...

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Making Our Own Mistakes

Michelle Renee | Posted 03.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Single Mom, Parenting Magazine, Parenting Tips, Personal Growth, Single Parents, Personal Development, Inner Life, Healing, Parenting, Teen Magazine, Inner Child Healing, Teen Life, Living News
Michelle Renee

The simple truth is what we label as our own mistakes are really just choices that have led us to this moment in time.

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A Journey to Remember

Tamar Abrams | Posted 03.05.2009 | Living

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Tamar Abrams

My child's increasing self-reliance has given me the time to reflect on my parents' lives. I've always been grateful to have arrived at midlife with two vital parents who live nearby.

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Welfare Rolls in First Upward Spike Since 1996

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 03.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Welfare, Obama, Poverty, Democrats, Families, Clinton, Stimulus, Helping the Needy, Single Parents, Money, Economy, Economic Crisis, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, Politics News
Philip N. Cohen

From 1996 to 2007, the number of single-parent families with children living below the poverty line fell by a whopping 2.5%. Who says there's no progress in America?

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The Obama Presidency and the Triumph of the Single Parent

Jason Notte | Posted 02.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Children of Single Parents, Obama's Inauguration, Ann Dunham, Single Parents, Obama Inauguration, Stanley Ann Dunham, Barack Obama Inauguration, Barack Obama, Children, Mothers and Sons, Mothers, Single Mothers, Kids, Moms, Families, Love, Family, Living News
Jason Notte

Obama and his mother benefited not only from their own unique gifts, but from the willingness of Dunham's parents to assist in the process.

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A Response to Ann Coulter

Mikki Morrissette | Posted 02.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Ann Coulter Book, Single Mothers by Choice, Children of Single Parents, Ann Coulter Single Mothers, Ann Coulter, Single Parent Home, Single Motherhood, Two Parent Home, Ann Coulter Parenting, Choosing Single Motherhood, choicemoms.org, Choice Moms, Single Mothers, Single Parents, Ann Coulter Today Show, Coulter Single Mothers, Living News
Mikki Morrissette

People who proactively choose to become a parent on their own -- such as the tens of thousands of Choice Moms (a.k.a. single mothers by choice) -- are not doing a disservice to society.

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Ricky Martin, Other Men Increasingly Choose Single Fatherhood

The New York Times | MIREYA NAVARRO | Posted 10.08.2008 | Style

Read More: Ricky Martin Babies, Ricky Martin, Single Parents, Single Fathers, Single Fatherhood, Ricky Martin Twins, Ricky Martin Single Father, Style News

Like the women two decades ago who decided to become mothers on their own -- sparking a redefinition of family, not to mention a culture war -- single...

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Sex & the Single Mom

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 07.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Tom Leykis, Men, Relationships, Women's Issues, Single Parents, Sexuality, Sex, Dating, Living News
Danielle Cavallucci

Tom Leykis has great advice for single men -- prey on single moms. I wonder, how Mr. Leykis would have felt watching a man do the things he suggests and encourages to his mother.

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