Latina got through law school with no regular baby sitter, no other regular support, little money, huge debt and two children most of the way. Latina went to City Hall, approaching the city prosecutor handling her case, Gwendolyn Horsch, a graduate of Washburn Universityâs School of Law. In her first year at Washburn, in 2004, […]
Introduction: The Single Mom’s Legacy You’re embarking on a treacherous and rewarding journey - parenting alone. It’s a difficult task - parenting even with a partner is difficult. But, it’s also immensely rewarding to be a parent, whether you’re doing it alone or with someone else. There are many things […]
It’s designed to be that way, from the Spiderman backpack meant for little boys to the checkered Vans slip-on shoes to the white socks that reach his calves to the perfectly chiseled afro on his head. Still, almost every day, someone tells Woolridge that he plays like his dad — despite the fact that they […]
This time of year makes Rachel Sarah, my guest blogger this week, look backward and forward, as well. I always know exactly what my plans are going to be. If there’s one thing I hate it is “fake”…people acting a certain way because they think that’s what they are supposed to do…so because New Year’s […]
This time of year makes Rachel Sarah, my guest blogger this week, look backward and forward, as well. I always know exactly what my plans are going to be. If there’s one thing I hate it is “fake”…people acting a certain way because they think that’s what they are supposed to do…so because New Year’s […]
Introduction: The Single Mom’s Legacy You’re embarking on a treacherous and rewarding journey - parenting alone. It’s a difficult task - parenting even with a partner is difficult. But, it’s also immensely rewarding to be a parent, whether you’re doing it alone or with someone else. There are many things […]
There are hundreds of families with no fathers in Katine, a rural sub-county in north-east Uganda, where the African Medical and Research Foundation (Amref) is running a three-year project with donations from Guardian readers and Barclays to improve the lives of its 25,000 residents. In an area like Katine, where almost everyone is so poor, […]
We can think of ourselves as living in the dense pages of 19th-century fiction, where one’s origins — the exact mother and father — are not nearly as important as one’s “circumstances. One might be gestated in an unknown womb while having genes from some combination of one’s mother and father and a stranger; from […]
Making the Most of Your Situation: Whether or not you’re happy about being a single mom, it’s time to accept it - and learn to make the most of it. Embrace your situation and let your children know that you’re up to the challenge. Particularly if you’re a single parent because you’ve of […]
ROUND ROCK—The gray clouds and rainstorms that trailed her from her East Texas hometown to Round Rock weren’t the only things dark in Brandi’s life on the day she parked in front of Family Care’s Reid House on the Texas Baptist Children’s Home campus. Brandi and Ruben visit with Resident Case Manager Marie Schmidt in […]