Mother’s Day is just around the corner and I have to think that being a single Dad on the day we celebrate Mom has to be pretty rough. What can we do to make it easier for guys to get through Mother’s Day, especially that first Mother’s Day without their children’s Mother?
Women tend to get praise and assistance when they are single parents. Do men get help like this too? f not, why not?
Single Dads, do you struggle with Mother’s Day? Is it hard because your kids have questions about their Mother?
Is Mother’s Day harder if you have a female child? A male child? Is parenting harder in general when you have a child that doesn’t share your gender?
What could someone do to help you on this day?
When you’re doing double duty as Mom and Dad, do your friends and family give you credit for that? How does that make you feel?
What’s the worst thing about being a single Dad on Mother’s Day?
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Single dad of six years. Yes, Mothers day is hard. No, we don’t get help, nor social support. I cry for hours every Mother’s day. Society forgets us completely unless we wear a dress.
How Can we Support Single Dads on Mother’s Day? I’m not sure they should be getting support on Mother’s Day. One of the most annoying things I see is when people try to hard to make Father’s Day about mothers as if Mother’s Day didn’t just happen literally a month before. Watch and see when Father’s Day comes along there will be a surge in “Let’s dedicate Father’s Day to the mothers that are both mother and father to their kids.”. Also notice that those people are dead silent and wouldn’t dare try to give single dads any shout out… Read more »
IMO, dad will have his day on “Fathers Day.” All the things single dads do are the same things that married dads do. I’m surprised GMP would remotely box dads in by saying “When you’re doing double duty as Mom and Dad…” It’s 2017, it’s not “double duty.” It’s simply being a fully functioning dad. “Mr Mom?” How about Mr. Dad?