I have a friend, 40 y/o single dad with a 6 y/o son, his only child. He has sole custody and gets child support from his ex-gf. She had 3 kids from other dads, but has custody of none of them; not "mom of the year". He doesn’t have any college, and he was discharged dishonorably from the navy for failure to show up for duty. He just got a temp job at /hr (never made "two digit" hourly wage before), but he is having attendence problems, because his son frequently gets sick and he can’t find a babysitter, and daycare won’t take a sick kid. He was told in a meeting with his management that his son’s doctor excuses don’t excuse him personally from missing work, even when he explained that he was a single dad. They gave him a warning, but fired one of his co-workers the same day for attendence issues. Since he is a temp, he gets no sick/vac, but he is paid directly by the company, a union shop. He is not working through a "temp agency". How can he keep his job & care for his son?
He has union dues deducted from his check, but he was told that he is not part of the union, unless he works a certain amount of days, since he is a "temp". He has worked for the company about 90 days.

I am going to be a single parent to a little boy.

I chose to get pregnant by a friend of mine (via artificial insemination) as I didn’t want to get knocked up by a total stranger and wanted my kid to know his father sooner than 18 y/o.He wants to be in his life even though he has no legal/financial obligation to (another reason why I wanted to choose someone I know as opposed to a stranger) so hopefully he keeps up his word and is in his life.I don’t expect him to be dad of the year but seeing my son on his birthdays, holidays etc would be nice.Teaching him how to throw a ball and ride a bike would also be something great.He is and has always been a very nice guy so I don’t anticipate problems.

But, there will be questions my son has especially when he grows older and his dad has another family of his own.

I just wanted to see how well adjusted your boys are even though their dads don’t live under the same roof.Are they strong? confident?

I am more than sure that I can raise a well adjusted, compassionate human being but I worry about the whole father deal.His father is the only man he will have in his life since I have no dependable male figures as far as my family goes.

Any insight with single mothers would be appreciated.
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I am going to be a single parent to a little boy.

I chose to get pregnant by a friend of mine (via artificial insemination) as I didn’t want to get knocked up by a total stranger and wanted my kid to know his father sooner than 18 y/o.He wants to be in his life even though he has no legal/financial obligation to (another reason why I wanted to choose someone I know as opposed to a stranger) so hopefully he keeps up his word and is in his life.I don’t expect him to be dad of the year but seeing my son on his birthdays, holidays etc would be nice.He is and has always been a very nice guy so I don’t anticipate problems.

But, there will be questions my son has especially when he grows older and his dad has another family of his own.

I just wanted to see how well adjusted your boys are even though their dads don’t live under the same roof.Are they strong? confident?

I am more than sure that I can raise a well adjusted, compassionate human being but I worry about the whole father deal.

Any insight with single mothers would be appreciated.

i am a 37 yr. old single parent with a 8 yr. old boy that i love to pieces but it seems like there is no help for dads like there is for single moms. i recieve no child support and day care takes half my check! I,ve already givin up a lot as for example my commercial driving carrer so i can be at home with my son .

We all know those are among the best citizens in America and give so much to this country.

My question is simply how many of Obama’s voters consist of these admirable people.
Isn’t it about time these people get the wonderful things they deserve by having Obama transfer money to them?