single parent family

When Jess's newly divorced mother decides to go back to college, Jess, in a reversal of roles, listens to her ideas and advises her on her problems.

Seventeen children from single-parent families describe how they cope with their circumstances.

Common sense advice for teens about special problems faced by one parent households.

A little boy tells of his special relationship with his mother.

After her mother leaves them, nine-year-old Livvy struggles to understand and forgive as her father loses his job and takes her and her younger brother to live in a shelter for homeless people.

As she writes in her self-awareness journal assigned in English class, fifteen-year-old Sydney tries to discover her true identity and comes to terms with her obsession about her absent father.

Twelve-year-old Henry takes charge of the family for two weeks to allow his mother uninterrupted time to work on an art portfolio.

When Pete's widowed mother starts dating Lily's divorced father, the two girls decide they need to control the situation.

First, eleven-year-old Megan is astonished when her mother insists on taking her and her younger brother up to the lake cottage a week before school is out; then they find mysterious strangers following them.

Thirteen-year-old Simon tries to stand up for himself and be recognized for who he is, not for the person his mother wants him to be.