I Am a Single Parent

I have been a single mom for 11 years.  My daughter is now a teenager and sometimes my worst enemy.  She has a good heart, but those hormones are crazy. 
It sure does build character though.  I have lightened up a...

In case anyone is browsing this section looking for a story to read and you AREN'T in our shoes, let me give you a run down of how it is for most of us stuck in the middle of the financial grid, or even at the lower end. 
We are...

I am a 31 year old single parent with 4 beautiful kids. Ever since my kids was born i knew i would never walk out on my kids and would be there for them. I live alone with my kids and work fulltime to support them, i'm looking forward 2...

My daughter is my blessing out of a terrible situation. My husband has joint custody, after having abused me for two years. Loving my daughter and having her with me is slowly helping me heal over time but it's difficult. I hope each...

I'm wondering if anybody is able to offer any advice, encouragement, etc.

I'm recently separated and going through the legal process of creating an agreement between my wife & I. One issue that has been coming up is custody of our...

and if it wasn't for the kids I'd be gone. They are my life and my world. I knew long ago that without them it wouldn't be a life worth living. I'd planned on leaving after the 1st grew up but "poof" along came another... now...

I thought that I'd never get used to being a single mom. I spend plenty of nights awake cause my mind refuses to rest. I bath my son, feed him, put him to slp at night. Yet he wakes up and gets in my bed. Today we went to the Y, they...

I have recently recieved full sole custody of my twins. They are 4 years old and fraternal, one a barbie princess girl and the other a hands on rough little man. I love them with all my heart and soul and knowing that I will be takeing...

Im pregnant and I want an abortion, I want to finish school and I want to keep the baby. But I have mixed emotions b/c I already feel as if I am playing catch up with my life and goals b/c of my choices and my relationship with my four...

its been a hard year since i walked out on my husband of 7 years, taking 3 of my kids with me, at the start he was seen the kids every other weekend but that all ended about six months ago. He said he was 2 busy working 2 have them...

Yes I keep I saying the same things to myself all the time. Yes, Life would be better off without me, but I have a kid, I need to pull myself together for her and try hard to change things. You say you are Tired, tired??? Everyone is...

Hey Riley,
I wanted to send you this and print this out to you so that when you are older you would know how much I love you and how it was so hard for me to fight for you to get you back in my life.
Your mother left us 2 days before...

I have two sons, 19 and 15. While I share my younger son every two weeks with his father, who lives nearby, my older son has chosen to be with me full time.

It is so sad to me that this son and his father have lost ALL relationship...

I'm a single mom of 3 boys aged 12, 8, and 7. I love them to distraction, and really enjoy spending time with them. It can be rough at times, on my own...but we always seem to get by :  )
I'm worse than the kids at times when it...

I am a single parent to my 7 year old daughter.
When life sux and i wish i wasnt here anymore shes what keeps me going.
I love her with all my heart so all the abusive shit that her father put me thru (and still try's to hurt me) ...

I have been a single parent since ending my marriage in 2004. I have 3 sons who are now aged 12, 15 and 17. It was tough in the beginning, very hard dealing with 3 very different little personalities but i can honestly say it gets...

I've been a single mom since I was 6 months pregnant with my daughter Lily! People ask me all the time if I'm "used to it" and I always have to tell them I don't know any other way to be a mom! I make a lot of mistakes I'm sure but I...

I have always been a single mom, going on twelve years now.  I did not want to raise my daughter as a single parent and was in a committed relationship with her father and thought we would get married.  That did not happen...

OK, I will not b i t c h too much for 2 reasons, 1. I Love my kids and 2. I know there are many women who would give ANYTHING to be a mother, whether they be single or married and I truly do not wish to disrespect my children or the...

Although we're not together, whenever my daughter's father leaves the country, I get more anxious. My aloneness in parenting is even more magnified. I think that if anything were to happen to him while he's away, what would I do? And if...