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Add a child to the mix, and that single parent needs to earn more than $41 an hour just to stay above water.
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Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
Seeing how hard his mom worked as a single parent, the NFL star said he was inspired to push himself and never give up.
—Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
Having to become a single parent with a young baby was very hard.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
That translates into 14% of a married couple’s income, and a crushing 44% of a single parent’s.
—Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
Seeing how hard his mom worked as a single parent, the NFL star said he was inspired to push himself and never give up.
—Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
Having to become a single parent with a young baby was very hard.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
That translates into 14% of a married couple’s income, and a crushing 44% of a single parent’s.
—Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Single parent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single%20parent. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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