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The profusion of sexual license—which, by becoming the dominant life-style, threatens the centrality of the family through the growing prevalence of the so-called one-parent family, in turn contributing to a dramatic loosening of primary bonds of social cohesion, not to speak of AIDS as one of its tragic side effects;
Out of Control Zbigniew Brzezinski 1993
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Perhaps I didn't realise early enough that despite our close-knit family, there were always going to be severe consequences from growing up in a one-parent household.
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Or is there more of a trend of one-parent children, e.g., women having a baby without a partner?
>An interview with Laura Carroll, conducted by Carol Dominy. First published in BellaOnline.com. 2010
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I have to give her the credit because I'm mostly away working, so a lot of the time she's a one-parent family, which is the hardest thing of all.
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When the journalist cites the statistic about how few of the protagonists are from one-parent families, she ignores the number that are orphans, usually living with other family members.
Happy New Year Roger Sutton 2009
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On an attempt to decipher Max Hastings in the Mail, it's all to do with one-parent families and a dependency on benefits: "They are essentially wild beasts."
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Most of these children many of whom live on less than the proverbial "2 dollars a day" are either orphans or come from one-parent families.
Soiya Gecaga: Being the Change That I Wish To See In the World Soiya Gecaga 2012
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Most of these children many of whom live on less than the proverbial "2 dollars a day" are either orphans or come from one-parent families.
Soiya Gecaga: Being the Change That I Wish To See In the World Soiya Gecaga 2012
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Most of these children many of whom live on less than the proverbial "2 dollars a day" are either orphans or come from one-parent families.
Soiya Gecaga: Being the Change That I Wish To See In the World Soiya Gecaga 2012
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Most of these children many of whom live on less than the proverbial "2 dollars a day" are either orphans or come from one-parent families.
Soiya Gecaga: Being the Change That I Wish To See In the World Soiya Gecaga 2012
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