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That ratio is not likely to change soon, but the stigma attached to mothers who relinquish custody is dissipating. Houston tennis pro Ross Persons and his wife divorced when their daughter Michelle was five. Although he shared custody, "I did not see her enough," he recalls. "You don't have those moments of sitting around just enjoying each other." So he was delighted when, seven years later, his ex-wife suggested that Michelle move in with her father. Now 22 and a college student, she still lives in Persons' home but sees her mother often. "Every child is looking...
...much that my periods stopped. Finally my sister convinced me to be what I am. Kyoko: If you're asking about plastic surgery: Our feeling is that it's not a bad thing if it makes you feel better about yourself. But in Japan, there is still a strong stigma against it. So we don't want to say whether we have or haven't had any, although I realize that will make you think we have...
...children in a one-family dwelling, garage attached. Divorce is one factor contributing to the reconfiguring of the traditional family structure. It's on the rise, and if the four-times-married German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder is any kind of barometer, divorce doesn't carry the social stigma it once did. Add to that the exploding number of single mothers, some of whom have never married and have no plans to; couples who decide to have smaller families than their parents did, or no children at all; the recent decision by some European countries to give homosexual relationships...
...rise of unmarried women, particularly those in their late 30s and 40s, who decide to raise a child on their own is one of the most striking social phenomena of recent decades, with celebrities like Madonna (pre-Guy Ritchie) bringing single parenthood out into the open. In general the stigma attached to unmarried women raising children is fading. "I think there is a different climate today," says Alison Garnham, Director of Policy for the London-based National Council for One Parent Families. "There was certainly a lot of blaming of lone parents...
While the CUE guide has always served as a helpful supplement to the Courses of Instruction and to Shopping Period, there has also been a stigma associated with its presentation of student comments...