She reared four children on her own; they were poor but happy.
While in law school she married her first husband and began rearing their two children.
They were both about 50 years old, and had already reared six biological children.
In 1992, there were 865,000 children under 18 being reared by their grandparents.
Johnson, lower middle class and white, was one of five children reared in two bedrooms.
He earns $11.92 an hour, has reared two children and paid off a house.
More than a quarter of the parents said they were rearing their children as Jews.
She also reared four adopted children, including three with learning disabilities.
He and his wife, Doris, who is a partner in the business, reared five children.
She retired from show business in 1966 to concentrate on rearing her three children.