www.garyfranklaw.com/2011/02/single-mothers-deserve-praise/
The same writer also wrote an additional article on the same subject, both are well worth a read: www.garyfranklaw.com/2011/02/single-mothers-deserve-praise/
Hey all, I'm new here and thought I'd share these. I'm not a parent yet, but I came to this site when I was looking for sites online that spoke positively of single parents (namely mothers). I was raised by a single mother and have never known my father, who abandoned us not long after I was born. It wasn't something she foresaw or wanted, but she did the best she could and we thankfully had help from friends and relatives during my childhood. Seeing the constant hate and ridicule single mothers often get is very personal to me and I also hate when people are quick to make assumptions and judgments (like assuming the mother is living off of the state or is promiscuous and unmarried, neither of which is true at all in my case). The other day I came upon some incredibly hateful comments against single mothers that upset me a great deal, and unfortunately this type of scorn against single parents is very common on the internet, particularly on social media and on sites like Reddit. This article definitely brightened my day and finding these forums, I thought I'd share it.
I think any and all good parents, single or married, of either gender deserve the utmost praise and respect for raising their child/ren well. Whether a child is brought up by a mother and father together, just a mother, just a father or even same-gender parents, it's the quality of the parenting and the homelife it provides that counts, not the quantity of gender. Although this article mainly talks about single mothers, I also think it can easily apply to single fathers who definitely also deserve recognition and respect. Good parenting is good parenting, no matter the number or gender.