Single Parenting Support Group
Today being raised by a single parent is not uncommon. About three in ten children live in a single parent home. The most common type of single parent home is one with only a mother. However, single father homes are the fastest growing type of family situation; 60% growth in the last ten years alone.
I have been doing single parenting for the last 8 years. I have 4 boys and 1 boy I had to give up custody to because I can't deal with the struggle. I have struggled through a lot in my life. I'm not one that makes tons of money. I do on what I can to survive. I don't have room mates. All my children are under 18. I watch other parents still having their adult children living at home and known of them has survived on what I've been through. I don't depend on anybody. I've never paid for child care ( one I've never made enough to pay for it) I never wanted to use the government for assists because I never wanted to get bullied by people.
As for government assistance, I understand that too about the stigma being attached to it that people who are on assistance are lazy and don't want to work and that's not true of everybody. I'm on assistance because my husband was killed last year and I'm still shook up about it so I'm not looking for a job right now. I've worked since I was 17, took a year off when I had my oldest and went back. Took 4 years to go to college and went back, so not everybody that gets help is lazy. Don't be afraid to sign up for assistance your babies need it! I feel everyone needs some kind of help every now and again unless you're born rich or something. Just remember you aren't going to be on it for the rest of your life ok :) Sending hugs!