Book excerpt: "Seven Keys to Successful Single Parenting" offers nuggets of wisdom that author Shirley Robinson Sprinkles gained rearing her four children, now all highly successful adults. While this is not intended to be a "how to" book, it is a treatise about complex issues that confronted the author while she was a single parent, issues that may still exist for contemporary single parents. Although there is no one-size-fits-all approach to parenting, Sprinkles hopes and expects that readers will glean some nuggets of information that will be useful and helpful. About the Author Shirley Robinson Sprinkles is semiretired and lives with her husband in Austin, Texas. She is the author of "From Dunbar to Destiny: One Woman's Journey through Desegregation and Beyond."