Single mothers by choice

@Suen00

I do not have lived experience with being a single mother, although my husband was raised by just his mom. He would say that not having his father around affected him greatly. He was an angry kid and got into a lot of trouble. His mom let him get away with many things because she wasn't able to fill the disciplinary role. Fathers are biologically wired to play, protect and be disciplinary. Where as mothers are there to nurture and soothe. So she was able to provide one half of the equation but not the other. This was also during the 70's when information on how to be a single parent would have been non-existent. Luckily, we now have so much more information about parenting and child development at our fingertips.

If one of the parents is not there that child will have certain developmental pieces missing, and it would affect boys and girls differently. That doesn't mean you can't try to fulfill the father role as well, but you will have to be educated and aware of what roles a father plays and be ready to fill them. 

If you choose to do it alone, just know that you will have your work cut out for you. It can be done, but it will be challenging. Ideally, if you can lean on your family and the community around you that would help tremendously. Motherhood takes dedication, patience, and sacrifice, it's hard work even when both parents are present.