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As we all know, the month of October is nationally known as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This month is dedicated each year for everyone to come together to fight for the cure for Breast Cancer. Every October, several non-profit organizations...
The stages of grief that parentless children experience
A child's mind is delicate enough in the sense that they hold on to information like a sponge absorbs water. They are constantly wondering about things and asking questions because their minds are so eager to learn about everything. It is...
How the Arizona Cardinal motherless hero Larry Fitzgerald Jr. is an inspiration to others
When we often think of children, teens, or young adults that had to grow up either motherless or fatherless, it always seems as though we think of normal everyday people. We try and look at celebrities, famous athletes, and other famous people as...
Where else can you go to experience Arabian nights, fly on a magic carpet with a Princess, have a big blue Genie as your best friend, or escape the great Cave of Wonders? There is only one place, and that is while watching Walt Disney's...
Bring Remy and his delightful cooking home to your family's kitchen this week and watch Ratatouille for this week's Family Disney night. Remy has a very intriguing way of motivating people who watch this movie to want to get up and cook...
What does the Oil Spill and Tempe Town Lake have in common that is now affecting our local homeless?
On April 20th, 2010, the world was made aware of the worst Oil Spill in US history, the BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. According to the Associated Press, 140.6 million gallons of oil has been leaked into the Gulf of Mexico affecting marine, plant,...
In Summerville, South Carolina, there is an amazing 11-year-old girl that is helping out the homeless in her community in an unbelievable way. Katie Stagliano, did something one day that turned into starting a non profit organization that helps...
Phoenix Rescue Mission, St. Vincent de Paul, André House and you
Have you ever wanted to help out our local homeless community out here in Phoenix but became overwhelmed because you didn't know where to start looking? Well you came to the right place because these articles will provide you with all of the...
The parentless and their constant search for direction
We all have gone through stages in our life where we are not sure if we are really where we are supposed to be, doing what we are supposed to be...
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The important role every person plays for the parentless child
Sometimes there are other things in life that can shed some perspective light on how we think and view certain situations aside from our own personal...
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Olympian figure skater Joannie Rochette now tragically motherless
When Canadian Figure Skater Joannie Rochette went to compete in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics this year, she thought her focus was going to be solely on...
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Reaching out to new parentless kids
Kids go about their days just like any other normal day. They go to school, they come home and play outside with friends, do their homework, and spend...
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The delayed reaction for the parentless
When a kid becomes a newly parentless one, everything feels different to them. There is now a huge piece of them missing that used to be there before,...
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Haiti's number of parentless kids have increased in the past week
Two weeks ago, Haiti's world changed forever. The great 7.0 Earthquake that hit Haiti destroyed homes, lives, and even a culture. Thousands of...
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Haiti Earthquake has left thousands of kids parentless
Before the 7.0 Earthquake hit in Haiti on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 4:53 pm local time, there were already thousands of kids that were parentless....
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Separating our parentless life from the life of our parents
Everyone in life has goals and dreams that they would one day like to pursue-whether it is to take a trip to Italy, get married, open up their own...
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Second mothers and fathers for the parentless
Parentless kids, no matter what age, will always search for their lost parents. Although they understand that their parents are gone forever, that...
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Monday, January 4th, 2010
"Happy New Year!" Is what you hear at the New Year's Eve parties, or at house parties where the families spend the holiday together....
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The first Christmas without your parent is the hardest. No matter how many months one or both of your parents have been gone for, any time leading up...
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Christmas is a time that should be joyful and filled with love. For some however, it can feel the complete opposite. Some meaning the parentless....
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There is one day each year where the parentless stop their normal daily routine, and think back to the original day when their pain began. The one...
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Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on what you are thankful for in your life and in the lives of all those around you. While we are reflecting on the...
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The parentless and the holidays
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
Each year around the holiday season, parentless kids are reminded of their deceased parents the most. Before, when their parents were still around,...
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Parentless kids remember their fallen mothers and fathers on Veteran's Day
There are many parents that have belonged to the military even before their kids were born. Some were even deployed after the birth of their child,...
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Parentless kids have no parents to take them trick-or-treating
Saturday, October 31st, 2009
As the holidays draw closer, kids feel the pain of not having their parents present the most during this time of year. The holidays bring back the...
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When is it okay to talk about the deceased parents to a parentless kid?
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
To talk about it or not talk about it...that is the question. How do you know when it is okay to talk about the parent's death to a...
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From parentless kids to parentless adults
Monday, October 26th, 2009
Bruce Willis trying to remember his childhood all over again in Disney's First Kid by meeting up with his old self when he was a kid-Parentless kids...
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The frustration of unanswered questions for the parentless
Without parents being around, a kid can only help but wonder what they are supposed to do in life. Usually, when parents are around, a kid can talk to...
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The tragic death of Natasha Richardson leaves two sons motherless
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
At age 45, the well respected actress Natasha Richardson tragically passed away due to a skiing accident at a Canadian Ski Slope. She suffered a head...
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Madonna: a motherless daughter at age five
Sunday, October 18th, 2009
Madonna, who is well known to the world as the "Material Girl," sadly became motherless at only age five. She was just a little girl when...
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The now fatherless Michael Jackson kids
Friday, October 16th, 2009
On June 25, 2009, the world was hit with the very sad news that the King of Pop passed away. The news shocked the nation and many were in disbelief...
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Christopher Columbus' son was motherless at only age 5
Monday, October 12th, 2009
We all know that on this day in the year 1492, land was discovered by the late Christopher Columbus. We celebrate this day each year in remembrance of...
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The pain of having parents there one day and gone the next
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
When a parentless kid gets their feelings hurt, it hurts ten times worse than a kid who has their parents still. For the parentless kid's mind brings...
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Parentless kids are everyday super heroes
In most cases, no one knew that a newborn daughter was going to be a motherless one someday. Or that a newborn son would be a fatherless one someday...
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What would life be like if the parents were still here?
Parentless kids often think about what life would be like if their parents were still alive. They daydream about how their mother would be cooking...
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Inside the mind of a motherless daughter
Daughters who have lost their mother at a younger age typically tend to have a lot of questions on growing up and life in general. Things that the...
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Your online support group is here--share your story in this article
There are many people out there who have lost their mother and or their father at various ages. Everyone has a story to tell about their experience....
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Losing a mother and the constant search for her love after she's gone
Saturday, September 26th, 2009
When a mother leaves her child to move on to the next life, the child is left with an indescribable emptiness--a void--a broken heart. There are no...
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They were never ready to say goodbye
Parentless kids are never prepared for their parent's death. No one at any age is prepared for their parent's death whether they are a child, or an...
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The two "D's" and how they are similar in changing a kid forever
Sunday, September 20th, 2009
Death and Divorce can leave impacts on a kid in so many similar ways. Both of these take something so important away from the kid that the kid can...
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Keeping that connection alive even though the parents may not be
The parents may not be alive anymore, but that doesn't mean the connection isn't. Countless days, months, and even years after the parents have...
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The parentless turn to the grandparents for answers
Monday, September 14th, 2009
As the parentless search for answers and facts about their parents, who better than to turn to about their parents than the grandparents?...
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The kids that became parentless on September 11, 2001
September 11, 2001 was a day that the Nation will never forget. Aside from this horrible tragedy, were the kids that were left parentless from that...
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Why adopt overseas when there are parentless kids here in the US?
Thursday, September 10th, 2009
Katherine Heigl is doing it. Angelina Jolie has done it. Madonna has done it. What do these three very successful, famous women have in common? They...
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The parentless and the day they will never forget
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
They still remember it like it was yesterday-the day they found out that their parents left this life to go to another. Little did they know that in...
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The parentless and the never ending search
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
Once the parents are gone, the kids are left behind to where they feel like they are all on their own. The daughter can no longer ask mom questions...
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Monday, September 7th, 2009
When a daughter loses her mother, deep feelings of abandonment replace her mother's presence. A mother is a daughter's best friend in majority of...
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It never gets easier for the parentless sons and daughters that are out there
As time goes on, the parentless sons and daughters that are out there still miss their parents just as much or even more as they did when their...
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The reality of a motherless daughter
On the outside, motherless daughters seem to be quite composed. They seem like for the most part, they can cope with their given situation. Yet, they...
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Motherless daughters and the ongoing battle with acceptance
Monday, August 31st, 2009
"You don't dress like your mother used to." "Your mom used to be able to cook that very well." "How come you don't wear the...
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More on the parentless and why motherless daughters are so independent
One category of the parentless are the motherless daughters that are out there. It is hard enough for anyone to lose a parent at any age, but for...
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Positive distractions for the parentless
When kids grow up parentless their thoughts tend to distract them all of the time. So in order to not think about their thoughts that pertain to being...
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Why parentless kids have a hard time letting go of mom and dad's stuff
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
Face it. When kids lose their parents at a young age they obviously were shorted years that they could have had with them. If they are a kid, they are...
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Support for raising the parentless
So let's say that you are doing your part by trying to help raise a child who is parentless-whether you are an extended family member, a step parent,...
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Through the eyes of a parentless child
Children who grow up parentless see the world in a different perspective than children who have their parents do....
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Put yourself in a parentless kid's shoes
Kids who still have their parents for the most part tend to have more guidance available for them, than kids without one or both of their parents do....
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Growing up parentless
How many times have you heard people say that raising kids or raising a family is hard work? That no one ever taught them how to raise kids, and that...
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