Mine is in her teens, dad didn't participate in her upbringing, gran parents (ex's parents) are behaving like strangers, pretended to care actually but kept on prying in our affairs without giving any needed support. Perhaps only if the grans know that their manners is pushing their gran daughter's away: every time she visited the granparents in the past she comes home confused and unhappy about what grandad esp says. My parents are abroad and yes, life is tough not having them close by, but we strived over the years and my daughter is doing great at sch. She is very sociable and happy. That's my story in a nut shell for the past 15yrs.
So please don't call me a single mum! I am a mum+++ and a dad++ a bit atypical like a goddest may be, like all fearless mothers with endless tears.