It's very lonely bringing up a child on your own.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm an only child, so I'm pretty much a loner.
I would never say out loud that I am raising my children alone, but a lot of the time it has felt like that.
I am the eldest child; it's lonely at the top.
I think a lot of kids feel alone and slightly isolated and in their own world.
There's a feeling sometimes in motherhood that you're alone in what you're going through, and none of us are alone. We're all going through the same thing.
I think that all of us either lose touch with the child inside us or try and hold onto it because it so precious to us and it's such an extraordinary part of our lives.
It's a difficult thing to lose a child, a grown-up child.
One missing child is one too many.
The powerlessness of the child is often forgotten. And after it comes the terrifying phase of moving into adulthood.
When you have a child, as anyone knows who has them, that's basically all you want to talk about.