Single parents

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Hi everyone,

I wasn't sure where to start with this so I'm trying the Davis Square community.
My name is Jennifer Simon and I am currently a junior at Tufts University. This semester I'm taking a Women's Studies class that involves a group 'public gender' project. My group and I have decided to do research about single parents and the way they and others view their experience in relation to society's perception of gender roles.
I am posting here to ask if there are any single parents, or adults who grew up in single parent households, who would be willing to give a short interview about their situation.

I would ideally like to film the interview (just with my digital camera) in order to most accurately capture the individual's own words and personality, but would understand perfectly if someone would rather I just take notes/tape. The interview would comprise about 10 questions and shouldn't take more than 10-15 minutes.

I realise this is sort of a strange request and I apologise that this needs to be done relatively soon. I would be available this Friday, or Sunday during the day, but will try to accomodate people's schedule. I wish I could offer more than coffee/food of some sort as compensation! My e-mail is jsimon05@mac.com, if anyone could possibly take part, or knows of anyone who might be able to, please feel free to e-mail me with any questions at all, or details about location or timing.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this, any help at all would be greatly greatly appreciated.

Comments

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I'd check the various parental-type LJs - you might have more luck there.