is being a singlemom is mistake or a blessing?

Philippines
December 3, 2009 3:52am CST
ahm, for me both. blessing and a mistake? why? first i have a lots of friends here in the phillipines has a child but without boyfriend/husband. why blessing? its because you have a child. it can be your inspiration in your whole life. as a singlemom you have the obligation to that child. who knows in the future you will meet your man who will accpets and who will love you and your child as his own. mistake? its because you are not sure of the guy is ready or is ready to accpet the obligation as the father of your child. mylotters what are your opinions?
7 responses
@bhawanee (174)
• India
3 Dec 09
Dear bunnygurl011285 let me tell you my opinion and let me start with the mistake. Since you gave reference of your friends stating that they have child but without boyfriend or husband. This is their mistake because if they feel that they need someone in life to share their problems then it shows their personal gratification and negligence towards child and the blessing is that the god has given them a child to get inspiration to achieve goals of their life at least not for them but for the child. This sacrifice will reap fruit in their old age as the child will take care of their mother. I personally feel that being a single mom is a blessing rather than mistake.
@bhawanee (174)
• India
4 Dec 09
Definitely i will add u as my friend and i feel honor in doing so.
• Philippines
4 Dec 09
hola bhawanee. i agree with your response. can you add me up as your friend?
@magic9 (980)
• China
3 Dec 09
well, you are right. Mever imagine unmarried mothers are so common in your surroundings. If a woman is economically independent, then I think it is quite OK to raise a kid by her own. With right direction, the kid may overcome the situation of living without a father. But if a woman does not earn enough to raise a kid, I think it is suffering, both of them. There is no other things that can make a mother more heartbreaking than being incapable of affording her kid a lovable toy, the tuition to accept equal education, to see her own child sheding a desirable eyesight towards other kids' possession.
• Philippines
3 Dec 09
hola magic9. yeah its true. it really depends on the woman how to handle the her own child. most moms now aday ready to face any struggles for her own child.
@miamilady (4910)
• United States
3 Dec 09
Sometimes it's both.
• China
4 Dec 09
Hi, no matter what I'm supposed to say, first, best whised for you and your lovely baby. I have no clear opinion as to mistake or blessing.From my side, no matter for signle or married moms, babies are blessings for them. We can not say to be a single mother is a mistake, while we can not deny that being a single mother is not as lucky as the married one.Being a single mother you have to assume double responsibility for the child, generally should be shared by Mom and Dad, so your life may not be as easy as the normal family. Even you are in a welthy life, you don't need to struggle for life, you still have to pay more attection to the child's growth. With the age increase, you child may may also have to face the pressure from all sides, anyway, he/she is different from the normal children. You give the child doulbe or more care still can't complement the love from a father. Good luck!
• Philippines
4 Dec 09
hola smilejanica. thanxs, can you add me up as your friend?
@olisaur (1922)
• United States
3 Dec 09
I speaking from the child's point of view (my mom is a single mom), and I'm going to say its a mistake. Having no dad can extremely alter the way a child grows up. I've struggled with bi-polar disorder and depression, and all the psychologists and therapists I've talked to have told me it stems from having no dad.
• Philippines
4 Dec 09
hola olisaur. like other say its not merely a mistake. like i said when the right time comes the woman will find a guy who will become her husband and offcourse who will become the father of her child. ahm, can you add me up as your friend?
• Canada
4 Dec 09
I wouldn't define it as either. Definitly not a mistake. It's in how you raise your child. Being a single mother must be the most difficult thing so I don't think it would be something someone really choses. I know one friend who is a single mom but she has a large family who helps out. If you don't have that and you are going at it alone it must be a disadvantage for you and your child. A child is always a blessing though, never a mistake. Thanks!
• Philippines
4 Dec 09
hola lynshadow. yeah its true its depends on the woman how to handle the upbringing of her child.
@borg246 (539)
• Malta
3 Dec 09
I would not look at it as being a blessing, but more of a mistake. Why? This is because every child has the right to have a father, because not having a father would make the child feel abnormal and might be teased about it. It is true that having a child is a blessing, not doubt. But when the child starts to ask about his/her father then that will be a concern. A true family must have both parents attending the life of their children, weather the parents are married or not.
• Philippines
4 Dec 09
hola borg246. no we should consider it also as blessing because of the child. yeah it normal to teased a child without a father. offcourse because there are still children. offcourse the mom sholud explain to her child why it happen. when the times comes i know the child will understand the situation. who also knows when the right time comes the will find a guy who will become his husband and offcourse who will become the father of her child. can you add me up as your friend?
• United States
3 Dec 09
scary no tell fairy