Being the child of a single parent is not easy
LA CROSSE, Wis.(AP) -- Michael Morris' pajamas are a secret he conceals from his classmates by hiding the garment beneath the books, pencils and homework in his school bag."Whatever else is in there I stuff on top of them," he said when discussing his approach to life as the child of a single parent. Michael, 7, boards a bus at 7:45 a.m. for Roosevelt Elementary School and does not get home until 11 p.m., spending the evening at a neighbor's...
Single Parent: Broken homes seem normal to today's kids
6 in 10 will spend time in a single-parent home
A traditional family of the 1950s model may have meant a homemaking mom and a career-minded dad living together, but Allison Farr's childhood experience is more the norm today. Her parents divorced when she was 3. She lived with her mom and her sister in a single-parent home until this spring, when she moved in with her dad and her stepmother. "When I was in middle and elementary school, quite a few of my friends' parents were divorced, and now...
Single parent group sparks love story at Union Elementary
Love works in mysterious ways. Just when Jeremy Bates and Shannon Barton-Parker least expected it, love came knocking at the single parent support group at their children's elementary school. "The two of them kept it very low key, but we all suspected something was going on," said Union Elementary School parent involvement facilitator Trisha Poulas, who founded the single parent group and fondly remembers when the single parents first met."I...
Single Parent: SINGLE-PARENT HOMES AREN'T ALL BROKEN HOMES
Single-parent homes have been considered by many as broken homes.Although research has never been able to prove that a single-parent home alone can impair the psychological and physical health of a child, the media have always tended to portray the children in single-parent homes as children who cannot function well in life. Because of this, many single parents need reassurance.Parents Without Parents Inc., a non-profit self-help organization for single parents, has some common-sense...
Single Parent: Housing project helps single-parent families,
Nonprofit agency repairs duplexes on large Hilltop lot to provide homes for 10 families
A nonprofit housing agency has bought a quarter of a neighborhood block in the Hilltop to provide homes for single-parent families. Shared Housing Services - an agency that helps house homeless, low-income and elderly residents by matching people with homes - plans to repaint, modernize and repair duplexes on the corner of South 11th and I streets to make them into livable homes for 10 families. Three apartments are nearly completed, said Stella Jones, the agency's...