The challenges single parents are facing during COVID19 reveal the inadequacies of economic, political and social safety-nets for our most vulnerable families.
In a briefing about the coronavirus, New York’s Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently described New York City as the canary in the coal mine., a sociologist and former single mom, it’s a metaphor I’ve often used to describe the situation facing women who parent alone: The challenges they face from the current pandemic reveals the inadequacy of economic, political and social support for our most vulnerable families.
As an administrator on ESME.com and 60-plus single-mom Facebook groups, I’ve received one message loud and clear from single moms from San Francisco to New York City: They are scared. Solo moms always carry a burden; often, every parenting responsibility is up to them, and they worry about what will happen to their children if something happens to them. It’s so hard for any mom that doesn’t have a partner right now. We are doing it all and don’t have anyone to talk about it at home.This has been the few hardest weeks of my life with 2 kids at home and unemployed because I work in the hospitality industry. So So Scary! Hello fellow single moms.
This plea precipitated a long discussion, similar to others I found in other groups. Moms were scared that their exes were not being safe, would try to move back in with them, would demand visitation or even fail to return their children due to quarantining. Does anyone know if parents with custody must adhere to visitation schedule during coronavirus? Child’s father seems to have taken it lightly.
Solo parenting has always been challenging, but the virus is showing us how fragile a foundation we’ve skated on for too long. And they find that other moms are willing to go above and beyond for one another—commiserating, cheering each other on or dropping off diapers and formula, even while facing their own fears and challenges. Single moms also share loads of local information to help quell the impact of the virus, such as job leads. The Las Vegas group is filled with helpful posts about free food at Chick-fil-A, casino food banks, bartender benefits, video pep talks and diaper bank information.
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