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In another story, Cara, a single parent, loses her apartment when her landlord refuses to fix her hot water heater.
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Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Martha Abraham, a longtime nurse and single parent, emerged politically during last year’s high-profile fight over a housing policy in Encanto that neighbors charged was racist.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
Most mammals grow up in single parent homes.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 18 Feb. 2026
He’s spurred to do so, however, by Roza (Michelle Tzontchev), a single parent who now tellingly goes by the anglicized Rose, but is troubled by her growing distance (and more so, her young son’s) from her cultural roots — and her fading memories of a mother who didn’t travel and change with them.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 Feb. 2026
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Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Martha Abraham, a longtime nurse and single parent, emerged politically during last year’s high-profile fight over a housing policy in Encanto that neighbors charged was racist.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
Most mammals grow up in single parent homes.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 18 Feb. 2026
He’s spurred to do so, however, by Roza (Michelle Tzontchev), a single parent who now tellingly goes by the anglicized Rose, but is troubled by her growing distance (and more so, her young son’s) from her cultural roots — and her fading memories of a mother who didn’t travel and change with them.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 Feb. 2026
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“Single parent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single%20parent. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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