Life on Florida’s West Coast

Pitfalls of Single Parenting

I miss having a partner to parent my daughter with, to tell the truth. Discipline is easier, there more of a balance. You get the breaks you need and have more opportunities to walk away if you are feeling taxed in a stressful situation.

On the other hand, parenting solo means no conflicts in deciding parenting policies. It mans a lot more one-on-one time with my kid, and it means when she is wither dad I get to spend a day or two alone on projects that can be difficult if you have your child right there with you. I miss my daughter tremendously, I cannot deny that. However, I have to make the most out of a bad situation. A situation I did not choose.

Of course, there is still a lot of input on her father’s part. He commented yesterday on a facility he heard had the best medical diagnostics in the region. He pointed out it is on my daughter’s insurance network. I’ll keep it mind and assume he is sincere, since he has his daughter’s best interest in mind (Even though she tends to come third as far as his time commitments go, right after himself and his older, childless, attention-seeking new wife).

This is my life, though, and no matter if I remarry, I will still be essentially parenting my daughter alone. I cannot expect a new spouse to have the same sort of authority over my daughter as her own father has, not can I expect him to have the sort of bond her read dad has. Unlike my ex, I respect the roles of the mother and father and teach my daughter she will always have one, and only one, mother and father.

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