I don't think that makes me any "less black," though, than I was when I watched in amazement at how hard my mom worked as a single parent to send three sons to college.
"If my mum had been forced to work and not live her life as a single parent on benefits, she would have had a job and friends and a better life, which would have benefited me," Karen says.
On the campaign trail, Jones often talks about the sacrifices her mother faced immigrating to the United States and raising two daughters as a single parent while working several jobs.
So Yohane returns home to Lipunga wondering how, as a single parent who works in his tomato and onion "garden" all day, he is going to ensure that his week-old son does not suffer the same fate as his siblings.
Needless to say, as a single parent and working mother, Bobbie hasn't got that kind of money and, sadly, the ordeal so far has wiped her out financially.
For seven years she went to night school while working full-time and raising six children as a single parent, and obtained a degree in accounting in 1989.
My nan looked after me from the age of five, as my mum, left as a single parent, had to work.
Today, 62 percent of families have either both parents working or a single parent who works, and most cannot afford to take a leave without pay.
I work full-time and care for my three children as a single parent.
During her life, she overcame domestic violence and severe disability to work as a nurse and bring up three daughters as a single parent.
