Why not picture your family as a team of oarsmen in a rowboat? Ideally, the boat would have a full crew. In a single-parent household, one of the crew is missing and the rest of the team has to work a bit harder. Does this mean that the family is a failure? No! As long as the rest of the team pull together, the boat will stay afloat and reach its destination.

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A single-parent family is like a rowboat with a missing crew member​—the rest of the team will have to work a bit harder, but they can succeed if they pull together