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Article: Single father strives to provide for son.(The Gazette)
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- July 11, 2000
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. _ Andrew Hassler doesn't regret getting custody of his son. The hurt of a broken relationship, the money struggles that came with custody _ they dissolve with one look into Tyler's sky-blue eyes.
Who couldn't love this sharp 5{-year-old, with his chubby cherub face and hair the color of wheat straw?
Hassler is one of about 2 million men in the United States who have sole custody of their kids _ in fact, single father-headed households are growing faster than single-mother households, according to the Census Bureau. Even so, single mothers outnumber single fathers 5 to 1.
Men like Hassler have learned that sometimes it ...