We hear so much about the rise of single parent households that it can seem as though the term “single parent” is something new.  Well, perhaps the term is, but a parent raising children alone is certainly nothing new.  You’d probably be surprised to know which great people in American history were raised in single-parent [...]

My path to becoming a single parent began like many other single parents, with a divorce.  While that was the beginning, I had no idea the twist God planned for me and my children. Five years ago, my ten-year-old marriage officially came to an end.  My world was thrown into turmoil and I had no [...]

There are approximately 13.6 million single parents in the United States today, and those parents are responsible for raising 21.2 million children (approximately 26% of children under 21 in the U.S. today).