Case studies: Lesbian mothers and single parents on raising families without fathers - The Guardian 20th May 2008

Kelly Higson is bringing up her 14-year-old son and her nine-year-old daughter with her female partner My children have different fathers, and they have a small amount of contact with them, but basically they're being raised by me and my partner - there's not been a man on the scene for a long time. My mother was a very strong woman and she split up from my father when I was eight. She did a phenomenal job raising me and my sister on her own. I didn't need to be convinced that raising a child alone was possible, because my own experience had already taught me it was.

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