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What happened when my 20-year-old son became a single parent

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At 42, I’d gone from newlywed to grandma. And no, it didn’t feel like a blessing. By Rica Lewis

January 5, 2021 Family, Parenting Challenges

The relentless anxiety of being a single parent right now

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Let your children see you trying. Let them see you cry. By Kaci Curtis

April 8, 2020 Culture, Family

The importance of friendship after divorce

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The hardest thing about divorce, I’ve found, is not the being alone. It’s the being alone when most of the people you know and love have a first port of call that isn’t you. By Lauren Apfel

October 8, 2019 Culture

Q&A: What it’s like to be a single mother and a maid

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Stephanie Land’s daughter learned to walk in a homeless shelter. In her debut memoir, she tells the story of how they survived.

February 6, 2019 Books, Culture

Finding my creative work-life balance in a taco

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For me the taco had become an easy vector of choice, creativity, freedom, and therefore power. By Samantha Shanley

July 18, 2018 Culture, Parenting Challenges

Navigating my ambition as a single mother

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My own aspirations weren’t as important as buying groceries. I had my daughters 80 percent of the time. By Katherine Sargent

October 4, 2017 Culture

Will I ever share my bed with a partner again?

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It was hard enough to find somebody the first time, when I was young and untarnished by the scars of motherhood.
By Katherine Sargent

June 23, 2017 Parenting Challenges
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