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Originally Posted By Ann

It never seems to amaze me who single parents are still frowned upon. I remember being the only single parent in my adoption classes and you would have thought I was a hippy or a cyclops from some of the responses I got when the couples would say something like "We can't seem to manage..." or "I can't imagine my child coming home to an empty house..." or "We need help.." or "I can't understand how..." I finally told them to "Give me a BREAK" you do what you have to do as a single parent. My children are as happy and well adjusted than probably some two parent families. My children don't go home to a empty house that's what daycare and grandma are for. No my children don't get their every whim but they don't go without either. They understand the value of money and if I don't have the money for something I tell them and I've taught them let me know in advance and they understand and we've never had a problem. My son keeps up with my pay weeks better than I do so when that Friday comes around he'll ask to burgers because he knows we can. We go bike riding daily to the parks, etc. A family is a family regardless if one parent or two. I tell everyone "I'd rather have my kids in a happy loving home with one parent than unhappy in a two parent home that doesn't have their act together"