Questions regarding a household where there is only one parent present, regardless of the circumstance of the other parent's absence.
Questions tagged [single-parent]
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How can an older brother fill the parenting void of an absent father?
I'm not a parent. My father has recently left and a big void of fatherly like stuff has been left. I am that older son who moved back in and is attempting to help out the family. So naturally, the mini-father part of me is kicking in.
My sisters,…
jumpcutking
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How can a parent get help with the expense of a child?
How can a parent get help with the expense of a child?
I'm not sure how I, as a single parent, am going to be able to cope when the child is born.
I am Irish and from Dublin.
YoungParent
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What can my girlfriend do for her daughter?
OK, I am completely unsure as to where I should ask this obscure question, but there is a quite a bit of questions to help with my girlfriend's current situation.
OK, let me start of by saying that I have been with my girlfriend for 4 months now and…
zyeek
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Is 5 hours too long of a drive for single parent with 2 year-old?
I'd like to take my 2yo son on a 5h road trip - but the mother is against this idea. I have to admit - it does seem daunting - but would like to try.
Jackson
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What if the father of my children has not seen or talked to his kids in over a year?
My kids father had nothing to do with my son for the first year and a half that he was born then after that he was in his life until he was 9 years old. Then my girls were around him when they were born until they were 6 and 4.
He left on May 9,…
user16148
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Son not wanting to talk to his father
My son is almost 9 years old. I've had sole custody of him since he was 2. I have given his father chance after chance to be in his life, and everytime he has hurt my son. He is in and out of jail and on and off drugs my son's entire life.
Now he…
Stephanie Buckwald
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