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" Parents really just need support and not to be blamed and not to have fingers pointed at them. "

Susan L. Taylor

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" When I joined 'Essence,' I was a young, single mother. I was 24. I hadn't gone to college. I wasn't making any money at 'Essence' - what was it, $500 a month - and I was struggling. So I was always looking down the road, always hoping for a better, you know, tomorrow. "

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