JoCoLibrary – Adult – Videos about Single Parents

Annotation:Sixties-era television show about a widower sheriff in Mayberry, North Carolina.

Annotation:Based on Stephen King’s novel, this horror film stars Sissy Spacek as a mousy telekinetic teen who suffers abuse from her single mother and seeks revenge on her bully classmates at the prom.

Annotation:When Dianne’s son is born with birth defects, her husband deserts her and she must struggle to rebuild her world as a single mother.

Annotation:A recently widowed father raises his three daughters with the help of his brother-in-law and his best friend.

Annotation:A TV drama about a thirty-ish single mother and her teenage daughter living in a small town in New England.

Annotation:A man deals with the problems of single parenthood when his wife leaves him and his son, and then the problems which arise when she returns and wants her son back.

Annotation:A widowed science fiction writer adopts a child who claims to be from Mars.

Annotation:Mildred sacrifices her life for her greedy daughter, divorcing her husband and building a career as a restaurant owner.

Annotation:Sixties-era TV show about a widowed aeronautical engineer who, with help from Grandpa Bub, raises his three boys.

Annotation:Television show about a recently divorced mother who tries to raise her two independent teenage daughters and have a career as well.

Annotation:Cameron Crowe’s film about a kick boxer and the brilliant girl who is being raised by her single father. When they fall in love despite objections, the result is a funny, poignant and joyous celebration of first love.

Annotation:TV show about Charlie Harper who is living the happy life of a well-to-do bachelor with a beautiful home in Malibu when his brother, who is going through a divorce, moves in with his ten-year-old son.
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These movies and TV shows explore the lives of single parents.
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