It seems to me that non-single parents give such simple solutions to single moms! IT IS NOT THAT SIMPLE!
I am a single mother with very little money. My husband who has been an abusive alcoholic is now addicted to crack and has abandoned us. I have managed to be involved in my daughter's school and after school activities. I know this has made a difference.
I have to get back to an 8-5 job in-order to survive. I have no transportation to get my daughter to school & back or take her to her music group after school.
The advice I have gotten: ask your new employer to work around my schedule, pull your daughter out of after school activities, maybe she can walk (over 5miles alone) etc...
I am very discouraged. My whole being tells me to go with my first priority and passion---to care for my daughter enough to aid her in becoming a healthy adult. Though my realty says work & bills number 1-- then daughter. I know we have to survive physically but how can I balance this?
