Single Mothers

My mom was a single mother for a bit when I was little.
I was fine with it.
I never felt as if I was missing anything. I was too young to understand.

I define a single mother as a woman who takes care of her children on her own. The guy might visit, but overall doesn't help, or take them for the weekend of anything.

For me, A single mother is when the father of the child die's or if he leaves her and refuses to take care of the child and shut her/him and the mom out of his life (:

My mom is a single mother, she takes care of four of her kids right now, but she used to take care of all eight of us. My dad just left almost two years ago, he doesn't pay child support or anything doesn't give us anything. He was a crappy father who did shit to us that he should be locked up for, but he doesn't live in Michigan anymore because of all the child support he hasn't been paying.

I'm glad I don't have my father anymore, he did a horrible job, but me and my brothers have been trying to get my mom to go out and date someone else, she's always so lonely.

I've always thought that a single mum was just a mother who is not involved in a romantic relationship... O_O
My sister's a single mother, and I don't know a happier baby, honestly. (:

CallMeKayla:

I define a single mother as a woman who takes care of her children on her own. The guy might visit, but overall doesn't help, or take them for the weekend of anything.

Yeah, I agree with that definition.

My mom raised four girls by herself, and she is one of the strongest most beautiful and inspiring persons I know. I respect her so much for that. I think the fact that we struggled together brought our family closer and made our bond stronger. And honestly, I couldn't ever imagine living with my father, so I'm happier my my single mama.

My parents got divorced last November. My dad sends us child support and he hangs out with my brother. Still, my mom is one crazy awesome superwoman. She's a teacher, so she only gets paychecks during the school year. So, she has to find a new job every summer. I swear she must be magical with all the stuff she does.
I'd label her a single mother since my dad doesn't live with us and all he does is send child support and hang out with my brother.

A single mom is a mother with no partner helping her care for her children.
I respect single mothers, they do the work of two people in a family

Well a single mother, for me, is someone who raises their child by themselves, with an every now and then financial help from the father.

At least that's how it is with my mom. :0 I don't see my dad often, nor do I think he remembers that I am alive, but he sends my mother money & my mother tries desperately to make me connect with him. ._.

I live with my grams & my mom so I don't really care that much. :0 But as far as that goes, a single mother doesn't have to raise a kid by themselves. It just means that, well, she's alone in romance.

A single mother is a mother with a child or children whom is no longer with the father.
My mother is a single mom, she gets child-support from my dad, but they're in no way together. He has a new wife now and everything, including kids.

I think a single Mom is someone that raises their child on their own.

My best friend's mom is a single mother and she is by far one of the most amazing Mothers a child/teen could ask for. She is so loving, funny and sweet - heck, she's treated me like her own kid in the past. She has also done a spectacular job raising my friend into a fine young woman.

A single mother is a truly amazing person.
Instead of abandoning her child she stayed with it.
That takes courage.

I would classify my own mother as a single mother.
She recently seperated from my step-dad and now rents a house and takes care of my brothers part time and me full time. It's hard work but I feel that she'll persevere.

Well, my mum is a single parent and I have to say, she's very good at it. She works long hours and gets a good salary, meaning that she can buy all the essentials we need, like food, along with other things. Single mothers do have quite a hard job, but they do it really well :)
In my opinion, a single mother is some one who is left to raise a child/children without help from a fatherly figure. :)

A single mother is somebody who raises the children herself, with no assistance whatsoever from their ex-partner.

My mum is a true single mother, in my view. She has raised me and my brother, who is 20, for 13 years by herself. She recieves nothing from my father and hasn't for over 9 years. She has to take several jobs. So my brother can go to University and so I can go to college my gran has to pay for it- because my Mum can't afford it by herself.

But she is the strongest woman I know and I admire her.

My mom's always been a single parent; she's never been married and she turned down my father because he was leading a life she didn't want to. She's never accepted money from my father and even refused to put him on my birth certificate so the state wouldn't go after him. She makes $60,000+ dollars a year, never went to college, and has sacrificed so much for me. I love her to death.

A single mother to me is someone who raises her children on her own. (With or without child support.) If the child is with her the majority of the time then she's a single mother, in my opinion.

Jewel Nicole:

A single mother to me is someone who raises her children on her own. (With or without child support.) If the child is with her the majority of the time then she's a single mother, in my opinion.

I agree on this definition.

Just because the kids see their father, doesn't make the mom not a single parent. Just because they get child support, doesn't make the mom not a single parent. Just because the father isn't dead out of their lives, doesn't make the mom not a single parent.

I consider my mom a single parent. Sure, I get child support and I see my dad, but he isn't physically with my family, helping us and supporting us 24/7. That's what my mom does. She recently divorced my step-dad, so we're on our own now. She takes care of us all on her own, even with the little help child support gives us.

My mom is a single mother and she does a hell of a job. I think single mothers just have it rough. They shouldn't have to do it all on their own, but even if they get child support it's not usually enough.