‘Being sick but still needing to parent’: Single parents talk about their challenges

2. “The hardest part for me is when my son needs me but I am emotionally and physically drained and have to fake it until he’s asleep and I can have a quiet breakdown and reset.” -UnsocialablySocial

3. “Probably this – being sick but still needing to parent. Hiring a babysitter so I can sleep for three hours in the afternoon to try to get over an illness. It felt like the worst choice ever but my kid was climbing the walls and I needed a nap.” -REGreycastle

4. “If you are a parent of multiple kids it can feel like it’s three vs one and everything coming at you all at once. I try to take things a step at a time. Each child is different so it’s a matter of learning to adapt.” -InspoFamily

5. “The worst part is having a dead beat as a co-parent.” -lewdtenantroastabih

6. “For me, it’s been seeing things that my son’s done, being really proud of those things and having no one but myself to share them with.” -momstheuniverse

7. “I never really stopped long enough to think about how hard it was. I didn’t have time. I was more worried about making enough for rent and food and keeping my old car on the road so I could do those things.” -Cealdi