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Just Me and You, Kid
Raising a bi-racial child

Elaine is a woman who had been involved with a man who left her a couple of months after learning she was pregnant with his child. She is white, and because he is black, she wants to know how to bring cultural richness to her daughter's life. But she also faced another dilemma: Her mother refuses to have anything to do with her or the baby, who will be biracial.

Aside from seeking out local churches, schools, community centers, and a local African American Resource Center, she still seeks adv

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Single Mother of Invention
Holy Meow-It's Catwoman!

Life wasn't all purrs and glamour for the first Catwoman, Julie Newmar

Tall, talented, creative and smart, Julie Newmar not only is an actress, artist, and writer, but many don't know that she also was a single mother to her son, John.

Early in her career, she broke off her engagement to successful writer Louis L’Amour, to try and earn her big career break in New York City in 1954.

At 19, she appeared in Silk Stockings, her first Broadway roll. After starring in several other musicals a...
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Moms as role models
Fatherless Single Mom of Three Boys Braves Baseball

Nellie, a single mom of three sons, grew up never knowing her father.  He left just after Nellie was born, never to return, and from what she has learned, passed away when Nellie was just 19.  She had tried to locate him, but never tried very hard.  Perhaps she was afraid he would reject her once again.  After all, if he had walked out on her as an infant, why would he want to see her ever again?  Fast-forward to the present, and Nellie’s sons want to play baseball.

Nellie’s sons have

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Single...With Children Column
Divorcing and sending son off to college

Q. I’m a single mother of a soon-to-be college student. My son’s father and I recently got divorced and I worry that this will affect Michael’s first year at school. How can I stay abreast of my son’s progress and offer support? I also am concerned about finances since my ex is currently unemployed and can’t offer much in the way of financial help. My son wants a credit give. Should I give one to him? --Syracuse, NY

A. Keep the lines of communication open with your freshman. By mak

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Protecting our kids
Why Pedophiles Love Single Moms

by Crystal Jacquez

Pedophiles are learning to love single moms. Not because these predators are changing their sexual preferences, but because many single moms are inadvertently creating happy hunting grounds for that subspecies of pedophiles who like their prey young – really young.

“Think of it” says Crystal the Jacquez, managing editor of Guys That Lie.com, an online back grounding site. “If you’re one of the tens of thousands of pedophiles with a taste for really young kids, how

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And Baby Makes Two
Pregnant and Single

When I was a kid in the '50s, I fantasized that giving birth would be like an episode of I Love Lucy. I pictured an adorable hubby running around in circles, his legs turning to rubber under the weight of excess bags. He’d be panicked that his wife was in no rush to get into the car, whereupon he’d shoo her in, peel rubber, and get to the the hospital just in time for his fainting body to collapse into a wheelchair. Close-up of smiling new mom.

Fast-forward about thirty years. My real-lif...
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