Society has viewed single mothers as an issue that only affects women of poverty.

When a social issue of many races and cultures. It is portrayed that single mothers are

African American or Latino. There are single mothers in all areas of the social ladder.

Single motherhood happens for numerous reasons. When you think of reasons the

first that comes to mind is divorce. Although this is one of the main reasons, it is one

of many. Single women dating sometimes experience an unexpected pregnancy, and

because of religious beliefs abortion is not an option, or they just chose to have the

baby.

Many Single mother homes struggle economically, because of the rise in cost of living,

and one income households. These single mothers usually live under poverty level,

ad struggle to pay their bills. These parents usually relay on some type of government

assistance to survive. Many of these women don't have a healthy social life for

themselves. This is because they tend to put all of their free time into their children, to

try to compensate for the time spent at work. Those who choose to date have a difficult

time, because they have to be careful of whom they introduce to their kids. This makes

their love life almost nonexistent. These mothers experience high levels of stress trying

to manage work and family life. Although the mother gives love to the child and interact

as a family, she can sometimes feel alone, because of lack of socialization with other

adults. (Myers, 2007)

Some children adapt well socially to life, others sometimes introverted and limit contact

with society. This can happen because the child can be depressed from the absence

of a father. The child begins to believe that he/she is responsible for the parent leaving.

They may feel that the father don’t love them because he not