Single Parent Homes

I grew up with divorced parents since I can remember. I bounced back and forth between Mom and Dad’s house and always had two separate influences, two birthday parties, two Christmas’, two churches, two neighborhoods, etc. Some things about growing up with divorced parents never bothered me, others did. The sense of “normality” was a constant struggle. Having a mom with a different last name than me was something my classmates (small private christian school, yall) always questioned me about that bothered me. I never had both parents together at school and sports events. As a kid, I didn’t know what “normal” family functions felt like and I couldn’t relate to having a mom and a dad under the same roof. On the other hand, I had more time with each parent individually which created a unique father/mother and daughter bond although both my parents both worked very long hours to support us to the best of their ability. I also felt as though I had exceptional role modeling in certain aspects such as self improvement importance, working hard for things you want/need, independence, and the never give up mentality.

Luckily, I was fortunate to have each parent, usually just never at the same time. I felt as though in my situation, growing up with the experiences that I had equip me early on to be strong and independent. Nonetheless, I understand the mental and emotional struggles of kids growing up in a single parent home.

I think the importance for foundations/charities to support single parent families is becoming increasingly important. Furthermore, I think every person’s situation is unique and embodies different hurdles, experiences, etc. but there is no denying that this specifically has negatively impacted low income neighborhoods and communities.

According to “America’s Families and Living Arrangements” data collection, the Bureau examines that more than one-third of all black children in the United States under the age of 18 live with unmarried mothers.

https://www.afro.com/census-bureau-higher-percentage-black-children-live-single-mothers/

Obviously this does not just apply to African- American families and something needs done to address the issue of single parent families. Awareness needs to be addressed and action needs to be taken to support these parents in this type of situation and educate future generations to discourage this type of situation.

I started looking into this more as this topic came up with a talk show radio host that I listen to. I found an organization, Single Parent Advocate, that I find to be an amazing organization and group of people. I will post the link below if you are able to donate or even volunteer locally. I promise that giving back to kids or parents going through tough times will be so much more rewarding to you than you could imagine.

https://singleparentadvocate.org/volunteer/

For those interested in political side of things - https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/06/democrats_experts_at_separating_families.html