I remember a time when things were so much easier. Kids were allowed to be kids and parents were allowed to be parents. Nobody questioned the role of a parent and how they were to raise their children or discipline them. When I was younger my parents whooped my fanny if I misbehaved or disrespected them in any shape or form. We weren't allowed to curse, fight, display verbal abuse, run the streets, talk back to authority figures etc. or there were consequences to our actions.
Now days the parents aren't allowed to be parents. If we discipline our children there is always someone lurking to tell us what we did wrong. I find it pretty sad because most of these people don't have children of their own. They counsel you according to books that they have read while in college. They haven't the slightest clue what it is to raise a child of their own. Yet there are some that do have families and I have encountered those that still have young children.. NOT TEENAGERS!!!!
I am a 41 yrs old single mother of 2 extremely strong willed teenagers. Never in a million years while holding them as infants did I think that they would be as difficult as they are. Never did I think that I would suffer the disappointments that I suffer while watching them make decisions for themselves.

I would like this blog to be a safe place for single parents to voice their frustrations, disappointments, concerns etc. I would like for every single parent out there to know that you aren't the only ones that wish that they could turn back time.... undo the damages or that think thoughts that make us feel like horrible parents. As time goes on life seems to get more and more difficult for all of us.. including our children. I would like for all of us to grow together, help one another and find a support system like no other. I would love to hear others stories, what we think we did wrong, what we did right and yet it doesn't seem to matter... I want to hear it all... The good, the bad and the ugly