Do single mothers and single fathers face the same challenges, or are there differences?

Question

Yes...the ones who have custody of the children.

Answer 1

Both Parents have a hard time of it. it's not easy raising your children alone. it's scary and lonely at times. in a perfect world a child would have BOTH parents. but sad to say that is not the case. i think if people would remove single and just call us parents that would help after all no matter which parent you are you want the best for your child. you want to raise them right no matter which parent you are.

As for single fathers they have a hard time getting child support sometimes they can't even get a hearing in court and when they do get any support it is only half of what a mother would get. I wish i had some stats to back this up. i will have to send this to my friends who have the stats.

Again I believe being a parent is hard enough for both without other people judging your every move. making your children feel bad. after all when people attack single parents they not only hurt the parents they HURT their Children more then anyone. just my thoughts on the subject God Bless

Answer 2

First off, a child needs both a good mother and a good father in there life, and it doesn't matter if you are talking about a bot or a girl. It is to bad that circumstanced lead to allot of one parent families. I am a single father, and after talking with several people about the challenges of raising a child on your own, I feel that a woman handles thing different then a man, with that said, I think that even with the perfect family, what might be a challenge for one, isn't much of one for the other. So for my to answerer your Question, yes, and no. But being a good single parent means that you have to always put your child BEFORE yourself, remember that you are now doing the work of two people instead of one. and as a parent, it is your moral obligation to raise a child that can be respectable person adult.

Answer 3

I would say they are the same because the child's needs do not change regardless of who has custody. Fathers may have it a little rougher because of the amount of money it costs men to get custody. But by and large I would say the challenges are the same.

Answer 4

Parenting is in basic terms confusing, era. no remember what the condition. that is a many times thankless, countless interest that at situations can sense as if there is no reward. I easily ought to assert regardless of the truth that, that some unmarried mum and dad would have more suitable hardships than others.. this may be counted upon a number of aspects: a million. education 2. interest chance 3. relatives/friends help 4. Willingness to be an engaged figure 5. monetary stability i trust that is hard no remember what your gender, and that i trust unmarried fathers and moms share similar hardships, and some are unique to them.

Answer 5

Having been raised by a single father, and heard about my grandmother's experiences as a single mother, I think that similar challenges are faced by both genders in these circumstances. Three that have consistently arisen in my family are:

- bearing the burden of raising a family with little or no help
- faced with animosity or looked down upon by many in society that they couldn't keep their "wife" or "husband" and that they aren't a normal family.
- difficulties in explaining to the children why they do not have a mother or father there every day.

Answer 6

Having been a single custodial father i will say it is more difficult for men. I know it isn't easy for women but more so for men. Where employers will make exception for women they won't for men. The the looks fro people when you tell them your divorced and have custody. Few men get custody or want it so many assume the worse.

Answer 7

I believe they have similar challenges but totally different at the same time. It is so called normal for women to have their children but with men, it's not, so I would say they may receive more help, especially from kindly women, with their children. Now this is my opinion but think about going to the park and seeing a man with his children and the reaction most woman have...all the uuuhhhhssss and aaaahhhhssss... he must be a great man taking care of his children by himself. And then we probably discuss, not in a nice way, the stupid selfish woman who left him to fend for himself and his children! But women do it all the time and I must say gracefully but the feeling is not the same, it is more so expected!

Answer 8

They both face most of the same practical problems but differ in some of the emotional challenges.

Answer 9

i think they face the same challenges for the most part. but they face different social stigmas. single mothers are thought to be promiscuous, lazy, or inherently bad parents. single fathers face a real "novelty" stigma. it is as if people do not take single fathers seriously, i guess because they are not as common.

Answer 10

I think single mothers have it worse than single fathers and that's because women tend to look more favorably on men who are raising their children by themselves. On the other hand, how many men want to date a single mother? Not many.