single parents

TLDR: graduate student looking for moms to help with her thesis research! Studying difficult childhood experiences (parent history) and parent/child outcomes. Anonymous survey, ~ 20 mins in length. TW: questions about childhood maltreatment may be distressing--feel free to 1) take breaks and...

I’m only 2 episodes in on Netflix, but it feels so so triggering. I was essentially going through this exact scenario about a year ago and got a lucky break, but f**k I cried so hard after the first episode. Would love to know if anyone else had the same reaction, or even send some love this way.

My girlfriend J is a single mom, I'm a single dad. Her daughter, G (10 years old) has referred to me as "dad" before and I feel weird but go along with it. Today while skiing someone told us we have a beautiful family. After skiing my son (5 years old) asked J if is she's his mom now. He's so...

Hello, I’m a single father(27) of 3 kids and I have a really hard time talking about my story so I figured maybe I could type something out and post it here since I do want to talk about it, or let someone read it, but I prefer to do it anonymously. My story is a trip, but here it goes. On my...

Single parents; I have a 5 year old and her dad and I split up in May. I was finishing school so we are still living in the same house. I just started a new job and I need to move my daughter and I to an apartment soon. We live in a HCOL city and although I am making decent money, I’m just so...

Tl;dr is basically the title. The details: Kids are 4 & 18mos. My ex and I have been separated for a little over a year. He lives a 6 hour drive away. His girlfriend lives about an hour away from where the kids and I live. He has never had the kids out to stay at his place; he always comes...

So I’m from the U.K., and Mothers Day this year was the 19th March. I didn’t make a giant effort but I still made sure I got a card and a little something from my girl to give to her mum. But her mum is so selfish about these types of things. She hasn’t even wished me a Happy Fathers Day, no...

This is a little long so stick with me.since last week my 7 yo son and I have been battling allergies but at odd times - coughing, sneezing, headaches, the usual. Last Friday my guts started hurting and until Tuesday night I was keeping nothing in my system. I’m vaccinated BTW, but I was still...

So.. Im going to be moving soon amd want to have all my ts and Is dotted. I had the rug pulled from me when my daycare shut down and the kids had to be home for 2 weeks. Reddit users suggested a baby sitter which i think is a good idea. My question now is.. I camt depend on family to babysit...

It’s been 4 years of me doing it on my own. When in reality I feel like I’ve sort of always done it alone. I’m 29 raising 4 kids with no breaks and no clue how to get through the next day. It’s so frustrating knowing their dad is just living with no worries about finances or anything to do with...

I (28M) have been single since 2018. Daughter is 9 and her mom and I separated in 2017, who has been re-married for 5 years. She’s told me she’s concerned I’ve been single for so long and that I have her “blessing” to go out and meet someone new. Like I haven’t been trying. Majority of girls...

I am divorced, since 2017. We were 50/50 custody at the time, and so we had alternating years of claiming our son on our taxes, as stated in our parenting agreement. In 2020 my ex moved a couple towns away and no longer "could" do 50/50. He went to every other weekend and a few additional...

New account, new start I guess,… Warning,… Life story. Might be a long, non-sensical read. Today I think is Day 1. - I think the purpose of this is just to clear my mind and reach out to absolutely anyone who’s listening. I’m a proud dad to 3 amazing boys, 13yrs, 11yrs and 8yrs. They are here...

Hi everyone. I posted about this on r/relationships as I want sure where exactly this fit. My friend isn’t comfortable using Reddit and asked me to post for her. She’s considering a fairly unconventional idea so she can fulfill her dream of having children. You can view my other post for...

I’m 33F and live mostly alone with my 8 yr old daughter, since we live in a warmer environment I’m often in my underpants and that’s it, no bra or shirt. It’s usually just if I’m doing chores around the house or relaxing on the couch. My daughter is fairly casual with clothing around the house...

My ex and I broke up about 3 years ago. He was never an involved parent and his time and money have always been his, even when we were together. My 17 year old hasn’t spoken to him in over 2 years because he did some significant damage to her mental health by being an overbearing, overly...

I'm facing a dilemma as my younger boyfriend, whom I have a wonderful relationship with, has developed a desire to have children despite initially not wanting any when we met. I have two kids from a previous relationship who adore him, and our family dynamic seemed perfect. However, over the...

Do forgive me, I’ve never been on Reddit before but I thought perhaps I could turn here for advice. I’m a single mother to a wonderful boy (10 years old) who I will refer to only as S. Now, I am not his biological mother. I adopted him when he was very young, around when he was a year old. I...

Okay, not expecting legal-level advice here; just different perspectives on this clause. I am having a hard time interpreting "Reasonable consent will not be withheld" in this context From our separation agreement. Does that mean she can't always say no just for the sake of saying no? I...

I’ve been dating someone for about 7 months. I’ve finally introduced him to my son about a month ago. Sometimes he tries to help me by stepping in and parenting my 9 year old son. This makes me absolutely furious. I feel like he’s stepping on my toes, and I’ve mentioned several times I’m not...