In fact, he said, when about 70 percent of his players come from single-parent homes, or are reared by an extended family, it is his right and responsibility to be candid about his faith. You got 90 kids in a history or psychology classroom around here, and a professor can stand up and say anything he wants in creation, ... Why can't I tell my boys what I believe
Quotes about single-parent (9 Quotes)
I am extremely disappointed that four of our eight U. S. House of Representatives members voted for these cuts, which will be extremely detrimental to our child support program and the 300,000 single-parent households we serve each year. The cut in federal funding will result in reduced child support payments taken directly out of the budgets of families who need the money to meet their children's needs.
Children that are raised in a home with a married mother and father consistently do better in every measure of well-being than their peers who come from divorced or step-parent, single-parent, cohabiting homes.
As an unfortunate consequence of America's war on terror, many children of our active-duty military personnel are now members of single-parent families. In most cases, this also means their chances to attend college have greatly diminished. Children of military personnel who die on active duty are entitled to receive some money toward a college education, but it is not enough.
In much of the policy debates about fatherhood and marriage, it has been assumed that two-parent families are better for children than one-parent families, ... But a number of studies now suggest that the well-being of children in mother-stepfather families is no greater, on average, than in single-parent families.
In my job I see a lot of kids from single-parent households. I understand the struggles they have as single parents and just want to be here for them.
Allison started doing pageants because she came from a single-parent home and virtually had no money. Her goal was just to get scholarships to help pay for schooling. She is a typical West Virginia average person. But she has been taken advantage of.
I believe in the program. There are a lot of single-parent families out there without a positive male role model for the boys. Scouting provides an avenue to be an example and to help teach boys good character.
Antonio Tarver presented a formidable challenge. He was born in Orlando to a single-parent mother who raised him and three daughters on her own. She and my father never lived together, ... He was a Vietnam vet. It's hard to say he was my father because he was never there. Biologically, he donated but that's about all. We never saw much of each other, just a phone call here and there, so I never had that male figure in my life. That was a void I had to live with.