Single Parent Families

I myself am a single parent, I was 'single' to begin with though. I am one of those open minded people and sort of allows and accepts near enough everything that goes on in the world today at times, and having to be a single parent has never phased me. The father of my two was a friend, and I believed were becoming more than that, but me being gullable and naive thought wrong. I got pregnant 'by accident', I won't say mistake as my boys I do not class as a mistake - I believe in everything happens for reason and I got pregnant with my twins for a reason, what that reason is I don't know but I'm glad it happened! I had my boys, and to this day I do ...  Read the complete review

After reading a few of these and mostly seeing views from Single Mum's or comments regarding single Mum's I'd thought I'd give a single Dad's view. I've been a single Dad now for around 3 1/2 years. I've had relationships in this time but since late 2005 it's just been my two children and myself living at home. The question I get asked most of all from friends, etc is 'Is it hard being a single parent?', and my answer is 'Yes'. But then I don't think it's all that much harder than for a stay at home Mum or Dad IF you are organised and not afraid to ask for help. I am very lucky that my parents help me out a great deal. My two don't see their ...  Read the complete review

I am lucky enough that I am not a single parent , but I have alot of friends that are in that exact situation themselves. I often see how much more of a stuggle it is for single parents, than with 2 parents. I do not agree though that the parents should stay together for the sake of the children, if they obviously hate each other and are making all thier lives hell, then end it.Staying together would not be good for the children. I think there should be a happy balance of time sharing with both parents if this is possible. The children should not be blamed for the mistakes of thier parents, and no matter what you think of the childs other parent, you must remember that ...  Read the complete review

I spent four years trying to conceive my son with my husband but the sadly my became very jealous of the attention I received when I was pregnant and once my son was born he couldn't cope with his needs not been number one and became abusive. It was not a choice for me whether I wanted to be a single parent. I had to take my son to a refuge for both our safety. I have been a single parent for about a year now and it is the best thing I ever did. I love been a mommy and having my son has fulfilled a void in my life. I enjoy just about every moment and even when he is poorly, while exhausting I love been able to care for him. We ...  Read the complete review

Being a single parent is not easy and not a choice that is made i am sure. I was very young and take full responsibility for that however it was not a choice it was made for me but i had had health problems and did not want to have a termination with this being my only possible chance of having a child (17 or not and still the only child) All i could worry about was all the comments i was going to get with only being 17 and single for that, you read all these stories and statistics and think great now i am one of them. I made a point of prooving that i hhad made the decision to keep my baby and i was going to raise her and provide for ...  Read the complete review