Every parent wants the very best for their children, but single parents are often faced with trying to accomplish that huge task with half the resources.
A recent study by the US Census Bureau reported that 79% of all single mothers work and 23.4% of all single-parent families are living below the poverty level. The discouraging connection between those two statistics is that the majority of parents who are working full or part-time are the same parents who are living below the poverty level.
Online college classes offer solutions, no matter what your family situation may be.
More and more single parents are attending colleges these days. In the last ten years the number of single parents enrolled in college classes has increased from 7% to 13% percent. As more single parents earn their college degrees, they make more money in their current jobs or find higher-paying positions. When you are equipped with sophisticated skills and extensive educational training, suddenly opportunities that seemed out of reach before are suddenly at your fingertips.