I am a single parent with one child (who has no financial help from my ex because he is unemployed. I have never claimed benefits apart from Child Benefit and have worked hard in my career to keep it that way. I wish I could stay at home with my son but cannot financial afford to do so and am forced to work full time and pay for childcare. I have a salary of 44k which means that come 2013, I will not be able to claim child benefit. I am just on the threshold so am greatly impacted by a loss of CB. I think it is wrong that a 44k earning sole breadwinner within a couple lose CB when 2 earners within a couple earning maybe 80k still reap the benefit, so the government should look to change this however please DONT FORGET SINGLE WORKING MUMS/DADS who aren't stay at home but will be impacted the same as stay at home mums/Dads. Single working parents have no help from a partner and are flying solo - we can do without this added pressure please !!