Single moms raising kids...what is the hardest part of being a single parent?

Question

Is it lack of money? Food? Childcare expenses?
Time management? Also how old are you? and how did you end up a single mom?

Answer 1

I am not a single mother but a very near and dear friend of mine is, she is 20 years old and has a beautiful little girl who is 6 months old. She made the choice to be a single parent because her low life boyfriend wasn't going to help her and so she just cut him out of the picture. ( he has yet to even ask to see his daughter ) She did accept assistance but only for medical while she was on maternity leave but she works as a hair stylist. She is still living with her parents but her parents wanted her to stay. She is not accepting any kind of assistance from the government in any way and she does not accept money from her parents. She has her daughter in daycare during the day so that she doesn't burden her parents. Her daughter has everything she needs and is well taken care of. While someone else I know who is not a single mother is just down right lazy her husband is always jumping from job to job he doesn't even have a high school education lets put it this way he is 23 years old and I am 21 and he was a junior when I graduated from high school and then he just dropped out. His wife this girl I am talking about just HAD to have a baby so she demanded a wedding from her father and they put it together within a month and immediately started working on a family she did get pregnant and does have her little boy but she and her husband are cheating the system so badly he works under the table for a construction company or so she says and she tells the government he is un-employed so they can collect benefits such as food stamps in the amount of about 500 bucks a month, free health care, cash assistance, clothing vouchers, their rent is paid for them each month, their formula is bought for them for their son, and their utilities are even covered each month and she doesn't work she claims to be a stay at home mother but is never with her son he is always either at her moms or somewhere else she just went out and got almost 400 dollars worth of tattoos and they blow their money on alcohol and going out while their 7 month old son is always being watched by different people. It makes me sick!!!! While all of the single mothers I know are doing really well for themselves and doing it all on their own. Don't you love where your tax dollars are going!!!!! Sorry I know some of this was a bit off the subject of the question but it isn't always single parents that seem to struggle it is also married couples who got way over their head either on purpose or accident.

Answer 2

the financial part & have to tolerate stuff just so you & your child will have a place to stay. Being a single mom is hard & can be depressing but it's worth it.

Answer 3

I think the hardest part is dealing with all the needs and questions that a growing boy has to go to his mom with, or a growing girl has to go to her dad with. Uncles and Aunts are a great resource at these times. But seriously, if you can keep the money situation under control, the rest of being a single parent is easier than two parents. One rule maker, no discussions as to what is best for the child, you always know who's turn it is to pick up the kids from school or drop them off at day care.

Answer 4

That would be a tough one to answer. A single mother couldn't tell you which is the hardest part because we never had anyone to help out with food, money, or childcare. It's just one big ball we are trying to balance instead of a bunch of small balls were trying to juggle. I've been a proud single parent of a 15 year old for the past 15 years.

Answer 5

In your other question today, you talked about your b/f who lives with you. Other questions 5 days ago were about your husband.

Please make up your mind..are you a single mom, mom in a relationship or married mom?