I wish you luck heiss, i have a feeling that it might all be a lot harder than you think .
I think peoples backs were put up by your ' well im going to have to do it so everyone else should'
spouting rubbish and then ignoring direct questions, none of which you have answered, except for throwing around inane statements like using childcare on a saturday.
And as a parent that has been married, married to someone in the forces who was away a lot, and on my own, even though in some respects i was lone parenting in both situations, i can tell you it is in no way comparable. So no, you dont know, and it might do you well to recognise that fact.
It sounds like your area is a deprived area ( bar the million pound houses at the end of the road) and that you are getting this mixed up with stereotypes of single parents. They are two totally different issues, and again, hopefully something you can figure out and learn more about else you are going to be a terrible social worker.
When a parent ends up on their own, they dont magically lose their education, morals, values and standards. If those issues were there before, due to soco- economic issues then yes, there will still be there, but they are not a product of being a lone parent.
My child is one of the brightest in her class, shes working a year ahead. Shes bright and interested in the world. She helps round the house, sometimes even willingly! We garden together, we cook, we visit castles and museums, we camp, we fly kites. She can use a knife and fork....As can many many many lone parent families children.
But anyway, you go save the world with your 2 year childcare places and your blinkered view, while the tax payer funds that ( still didnt explain why thats ok, but tax credits for single parents arent....)
oh, and its REAPPLY.
:)