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Have Things Changed Regarding Single Parents?


I didn't think Wayne's character was a bad father. There are far worse single parents today in our low income housing projects, and no one ever dreams of separating child from parent, unless the parent is abusive or a severe substance abuser.

He clearly cared deeply for his daughter:

"What do you know about love? I think love is watching your child go off to school for the first time alone... sitting beside a sick kid's bed waiting for the doctor, praying it isn't polio... or that cold chill you get when you hear the screech of brakes, and know your kid's outside on the street some place... and a lot of other things you get can't get out of books, 'cause nobody knows how to write 'em down."

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