Telling our stories : culturally different adults reflect on growing up in single-parent families / edited by Donna Y. Ford, Peabody College of Education.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / Donna Y. Ford -- Strong shoulders on which i stand / Sheree N. Alexander -- Growing up single : an unorthodox road traveled / Anael Alston -- Growing up in a single-parent family home / Rhonesha Blache -- My story is not unique : challenging stereotypes and honoring my mother / Dionne A. Blue -- For the love of him: single parenting and the -- Tenacity of spirit / Stephanie Boyle -- Breaking the cycle / Mordecai I. Brownlee -- Against the odds : perspectives of an African-American woman nurtured in a single-mother home / Dawn Mills Campbell -- Not at risk : but rather at promise / LaTonya Frazier -- "A family-type spirit" : recognizing power in the village / Wyletta Gamble-Lomax -- Product of the "ghetto" : a learning success story / Aaron J. Griffen -- The rise of the remarkable and resilient single mother / Breshawn Harris -- Our family world : setting the tone for diligence, education, and societal contributions / Michelle Howard-Vital -- Those ovaltine nights with my mother au : in apa / Charemi Jones -- A tale of two states : despair and triumph more in titles / Moss -- Monarchs : defying odds and achieving success / Charissa M. Owens -- Performing love : a complex man showing off his simplicity / Stuart Rhoden -- Success is not an option : being raised by a black single teenage parent / Telvis M. Rich -- As a single parent, my mother always believed / Shawn Anthony Robinson -- Reconciling a faceless father and a single mother / Christopher J.P. Sewell -- Coming from a single parent and, at times, a dual parent home does not define my destiny / Shonta Smith -- Defying expectations imposed on single-parent mothers and their children / Eric Stallings -- She ain't yo' average chic : how a single mom raised above avaraage children / Michelle Trotman Scott -- Memory lost : an unknowing journey through seasons / Brandon Wallace -- Doing it with one parent and owning every minute of it / Dominique D. Williams -- Epilogue: my mother, my hero, and my role model / Donna Y. Ford -- About the authors.

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