Look here all you lot from the positive thread - This is why you should hold your head high!!!

[citronella]

From the BBC website on Barack Obama the new inspirational President of the United States of America

"But where did "the juice" come from? How did this man of mixed-race heritage, once racked by insecurity about his place in the world, develop the confidence we see today?

How can someone who's suffered two broken homes be as grounded and secure as he is? The answer lies in the love of a doting mother and the failures of an absent father"

See single parents (I am including single dads here) can inspire our children to be whatever they want to be.

Don't give up!

Will take heart from this
thanks x

Thank you citronella.

lovely post citronella

I have been fascinated by Obama since reading of his background.

It's so hard being a single parent, but he is living proof that the child of a single parent family can be anything they want to be.

Perhaps one of us is raising the next PM as type?

Do you have a link to the article that quote came from? WOuld like to keep it!

Choked.

Thanks Citronella.

Curlygal it was in an article on the front page of the BBC News website yesterday. I'm sure they would be able to send it to you.

I'm rubbish at links.

I know!!

when African Americans were crying because he was the first black president, I was having my own wee cry that the child of a single mother could be the prez of the US!

Thank you

Ah, thanks for this citronella. Hope you're well.

Thank you. There is a bright future for our kids and not just a negative label.

i have always held that belief