I've been a single parent for a long time. It reminds me of being a waitress. As you walk back to the kitchen, requests come at you from all sides. You're doing the job of two - you have to be highly organised.
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Being a mother of two myself - and two small girls - I think that single parenting is hard.
I've been overwhelmed; I was a single mother for a time.
I only have one child. But I am learning that there is a lot to being a parent that you did not expect.
Single parenting is sometimes just a case of sitting around by yourself in mild despair, not knowing what to do.
I've got a single mother.
You can make sure your kids make their beds and hang up their clothes and put their dishes in the dishwasher when you're the one calling the shots. So, parenting alone, for me anyway, I think is almost easier, being single.
I was raised by a single mother.
I'm not sure anyone - and I could be wrong in this - grows up thinking, I want to be a single mom.
I was divorced when my children were young, so I was a single mother for a while. It's so hard to have to do every little thing yourself and be forced to navigate the rocky emotions of motherhood alone.
I have a husband, and babysitters; I find it hard. I find it amazing how single moms do it.