Is dating someone with kids a challenge? (Lifestyles).

From: Jet | Date: May 5, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

You are an active participant of he dating game who has finally met that special someone. After your first date you find out that he or she has a child. You don't. Does this new information change things, or is dating someone with kids a challenge?

According to Atlanta psychologist Dr. Tiy-E Muhammad, author of Secrets Men Keep, nowadays the possibility of dating a single parent is very likely.

"Over 60 percent of Black households are headed by a single parent with more than 50 percent of this staggering number being headed by Black women. There is a [high] possibility ...

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