Everyone has heard the African Proverb, "It takes a village to raise a child". The fact is, it does!
Every magician has an assistant or famulus, because a good magic act could not be pulled off without help and the role of a parent is too large of a task to take on alone.
I know that there are a lot of people out there that have raised children on their own with little to no support from others (that person might be you),...