Dating as a single parent is tricky. My kids are usually seen less as a 'bonus' and more as a 'situation.' — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
As a mother living in poverty, I don't expect my parenting choices to be respected by default. — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
As a parent you know you want to provide safe, healthy environments for your children. — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
As a single mother for 10 years, I brought in around $12,000 annually. — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
My life as a mother had been one of skipping meals, always saving the 'good' food, like fresh fruit, for the kids… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
If every parent knew that the best way to prevent lice from spreading is by looking for them, cases decrease dramatically. — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
Parents of all income levels deserve options for child care while they work so they can be free of the worry that… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
As a single mother, I qualified for Pell Grants, and received a scholarship from a small organization for domestic violence survivors. — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
If we can at least make sure that our children are taken care of, that will ease the minds of their parents… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
If parents know how many times others are finding lice on their kids' heads, maybe other parents will not hide their own… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
Single parents do not have the luxury of purchasing an abundance of healthy foods for their kids to try. I know this.… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
Tinder makes it obvious that I'm not alone in being single and that there are plenty of single parents looking for a… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
The poor, and especially poor people of color, don't have the luxury of raising 'free-range' children without risking severe consequences. Parents of… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
I'm white. I have privileges as a parent that many others don't. Of not only teaching but expecting my daughter to stand… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
I expected college to feel like a major accomplishment. I walked across the stage, eight months pregnant with my almost seven-year-old daughter watching in… — Stephanie Land Copy Share
I signed my first book contract without paying much attention to what it said. I didn't know at the time that the book would… — Stephanie Land Copy Share
My family, for generations, has struggled through the effects of working blue-collar jobs long past the age of retirement. — Stephanie Land Copy Share
I've seen, and experienced, the anxiety of not being able to find work for months on end. — Stephanie Land Copy Share
Remember The Nothing? It was a gigantic, black storm from 'The Neverending Story' that fed on fear and doubt and sadness and hate and… — Stephanie Land Copy Share
There is no planning in a life of fighting to keep a roof over your head. It's pure survival. — Stephanie Land Copy Share
We need leaders who are able to vividly remember how it feels to experience hardship, trauma and pain, who make us feel less alone. — Stephanie Land Copy Share
I see my self-identity in the same way I see most things: a list, in greatest to least importance. I've found I can't use… — Stephanie Land Copy Share
As a mom raising two kids on my own, my life requires a certain kind of constant juggling that is hard to keep on… — Stephanie Land Copy Share
Tinder makes it obvious that I'm not alone in being single and that there are plenty of single parents looking for a partner. A… — Stephanie Land Copy Share
If you work a job outside of the hours a daycare that accepts government grants operates, if you are self-employed or you take classes… — Stephanie Land Copy Share
The small things that make Christmas magical are the things children will remember. It doesn't matter what they open on Christmas morning, I don't… — Stephanie Land Copy Share
We need to look marginalized people in our community in the eye and listen to their stories of struggle, heartache and impossibility. — Stephanie Land Copy Share
