Being a single parent is hard work. You know what makes it even more difficult? The questions and “advice” you get from people who have no idea what it’s like to walk in your shoes.
Below, we’ve gathered up 11 things single parents are tired of hearing. The next time you run into a single mom or dad, make their lives a little easier and kindly refrain from repeating any of these remarks.
Don’t even go there. Having a spouse who is often out of town for work is categorically not the same thing as raising a kid alone. When that business trip is over, your spouse will walk back through that door and avail you of some of those kid-related burdens (diapers and tantrums and last-minute book reports, oh my!). Hopefully, he or she will also extend a nice little “hey, thanks for picking up the extra slack” kiss. A single parent does not have that luxury.
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