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 [...]

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).