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Memo to TIME: don't put a pen in Caitlin Flangan's hands, yet alone give her a cover story. I guess I should have sent that memo to the Atlantic and the New Yorker, too, but I never did because I didn't think she would be taken seriously enough to write anywhere beyond their pages. Then again, I'm sort of not surprised. The media loves women who
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Yes!
"Being raised by a single parent was the only life I ever knew, and my father was never around. My life was totally normal and happy. I never felt that anything was missing from my life."
I don't want to talk like parenting is easy. It's a lot of work but it seems as long as a person is ready to make the effort and isn't abusive, the kid will adjust well enough to the family they are born into and be okay. Or at least more okay than these people expect. I used to sometimes think that I couldn't imagine having my friends' parents but their parents are all they've known so they're okay. I would bet that your situation was a lot better than kids whose parents get divorced around 12 though. That seems like a tough time for big changes.
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