But after a disastrous marriage and a painful divorce, I'd welcomed the hardships of being a single parent and had been adamant in telling anyone who tried to fix me up that I was terminally single.

可经过一场可悲的婚姻和痛苦的离婚后，我倾向于当个单身母亲，并且我还态度坚决地告诉每个要给我介绍对象的人说我要抱定终身不嫁。

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That marriage ended in divorce, and Silverstein became a single parent of a young daughter-an experience, he says, that has given him an appreciation for the lives of women.

之后那段婚姻结束，西尔弗·斯坦成为了单身父亲，抚养一个女儿。他说这个经历让他得以体谅女人的生活。

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She also warns of the risks of mishandling the situation in quasi-single-parent families in regard the children's future marriage.

她还提醒，“半单亲家庭”对于孩子将来的婚姻会造成影响。

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Rather than lock single-parent households into perpetual poverty, we ought to promote marriage, responsibility and virtue.

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