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March 21,2017<br />
N a t i o n a l<br />
S i n g l e P a r e n t s<br />
D a y<br />
W<br />
e all know of a family member, friend, neighbor, co-worker or someone who is<br />
a single parent. Support and appreciate them. Make March 21, a special day for<br />
the single parents that you know. March 21st is the day set aside to observe<br />
National Single Parent Day. This day was created to honor and recognize the<br />
hard work, devotion and sacrifices of single parenting. Raising children can be<br />
challenging, and even more so for single parents. This day was created for you.<br />
In 1984 an article was written by Janice Moglen with the hope that Single Parent Day<br />
may one day gain the recognition many associate with Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.<br />
She collaborated with the organization, Parents Without Partners, and began to<br />
petition to have states declare recognition of Single Parent Day. It is the belief that the<br />
day, March 21, was chosen to coincide with the inception of Parents Without Partners,<br />
which began on March 21, 1957. Proclamation 5166 was presented to, and signed, by<br />
President Ronald Reagan declaring March 21st, 1984 as National Single Parent Day.<br />
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