Story of a Single Mother

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Harder Times for Single Mothers and Their Children

Single-mother families are worse off than any other type of household by just about any measure you can imagine. And their bad situation has gotten worse since the recession set in.

This we learn in detail from a new 

report by Legal Momentum, tellingly entitled Single Mothers Since 2000: Falling Further.

Here’s some of what the report tells us about the one in four U.S. families headed by a single mother, supplemented a bit by what I’ve found elsewhere.

In 2009:

• The median average income for all single-mother families was just $25,172 — down by more than $2,000 since 2000. The median average income for married couples with children was three times greater and, for the relatively few single-father families, nearly one and a half times greater.
• Well over a third (38.5%) of single-mother families lived below the poverty threshold. This is more than four and a half times the rate for married couples with children and also considerably higher than the rate for single-father families.
• About half the single-mother families below the poverty threshold were in “extreme poverty,” i.e.

Single Mothers Can Find Local Programs

Many people nowadays spent much of their early lives keeping in mind a very basic goal: this was to get established by the time we reached a certain age, have a good life, and make the most we could out of what that life had in store, especially considering what the world would have by then become. Very few of us could have possibly seen the changes ahead of us, whether speaking of technology or society. Indeed, the world is definitely unpredictable, and it would be difficult if not impossible to surmise the kind of life we could find ourselves in some five or ten years down the road if the last five or ten years were any indication. Indeed, in order to stay afloat in our quest for a good life, we have had to make many difficult decisions and sacrifices that have led us through

Story of a Single Mother

This review is from: A True Story of a Single Mother (Paperback)
As a reader perusing this book, the words "gritty" and "painfully honest" came to my mind. But as a single mother of three daughters, who is also a recovering alcoholic, the phrase "been there, done that," resounded in my consciousness. There is much in the book for any single mother or recovering female addict to relate to, in kind, if not in the same quality or amount as Ms. Hall experienced in this autobiographical book.

Ms. Hall's writing style is direct and fast-paced. The reader feels an intimacy and immediancy with her and her story. She holds nothing back and lays before us her motherhood, her