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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Single Mother

In last 20 years a lot of things have changed. Today more and more women are becoming independent. They are more financially stable than they used to be in the past.

A single mother is a mother who takes care of one or more children without the help of the other biological parent.

In the 21st century being a single mother is a reality. Many women love to be single mothers. Earlier if a woman was a single mother then it is generally due to death of her partner. It was not due to choice or as a way of life chosen by the woman.

A woman who adopts a child or decides to have a baby knowing that she would be a single parent is a single mother by choice. Today more and more women prefer to be single mother. They are financially strong and stable and they do not want to get involve in relationship. Many times a financially strong woman adopts a girl child to educate her, to give love and support her to fulfill their desire of becoming a mother.

A mother may become a single mother due to reasons like divorce or death. In that case, such mothers are single mother by chance.

Whether a woman becomes a single mother by choice or chance it has its difficulties. Taking care of child can be an exhaustive task especially when the child is small. It has been found that children of single mothers sometimes have negative social behavior. According to a Swedish study children living with a single parent were three times more likely to kill themselves.

Single mother by choice should analyze all the situations before taking decision to choose this way of life. Single mother by chance should consider an option to live with their parents. If at all she is looking for a new partner to spend life with, she should discuss this with her child.

Parental care is not just about feeding a baby. It is about sharing love and emotions, to spend time with child, to satisfy all questions which arise in the children's mind.

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