Jennifer Ashton Quotes

I even thought of adopting a child as a single mother.

I feel like a semi-single mum.

So much is asked of parents, and so little is given.

Often, parents feel overwhelmed. Many must accomplish the whole job single-handedly while bearing all of the emotional pain of divorce.

I don't think anyone imagines themselves being a single parent. But I don't have a choice.

As a single parent, it can really be tough if the father's not in the picture much. Physically, emotionally and financially, you are trying to be there for your child and it can really get on top of you.

I was a solo parent. Not a single parent as far as I was concerned. Single parent implies that the other parent is around somewhere.

My father, he left the family when I was 13, so mum looked after us.

Once you are a parent, everything takes a back seat. It ceases to be a role. It is a reality. Once I had Ranveer, I realised that I was cracking under the pressure and that I cannot be a superwoman. I had to open myself to learning.

My mom got 11 kids. We struggled.

I think it's very wrong to be an unwed mother. You give your child the stigma of illegitimacy.

I have said to myself that if I don't find the right person, I think I would probably adopt on my own, because I think I would be a great dad.

Having a kid is hard to explain, but when you talk to another parent, you have mutual understanding of what that does to you as a person.

Working parents bring a certain amount of guilt to their relationship with their children.

I grew up without a father, so I have to be on point for my kids.

It's difficult. I'm a single parent now, and I'm having such a battle to see my kids on a daily basis. It's so hard.

Two weeks into looking after a newborn, you don't necessarily feel as if you've got it all under control. It's just turned your life absolutely upside down, and I think there are a lot of parents who would feel that having the opportunity for both parents to be around in those early weeks would be something that would be really, really valuable.

As a mother, you're only allowed to talk about the 'good' moments - not the ones when you've had enough and want to be on your own. Or just want to be a woman, not a mother.

We didn't have a whole lot of cash growing up. My mom was a single parent for a while before my stepdad came into the picture.

I think it is since I became a parent that I am much more afraid.

I don't get to make many choices in my life as a single parent.

I'm an only child. My mother was raising me alone. We couldn't afford child care; child care hours didn't work according to her schedule.

I feel bad for my parents for having to raise me. I was crazy.

No one tells you how hard being a parent is! We could have had a warning! It is literally the hardest thing I've ever done but I'm loving it.

I'm a black man who grew up in America. I'm a father of four children. They don't all have the same mother. I own a business.