Becoming a single parent isn’t something most people plan for, but it’s a situation more and more people are finding themselves in nowadays. It has always been a difficult thing to raise a child as a single parent, but it was much worse a few decades ago, when it was unaccepted socially. In these challenging economic times, it’s harder than ever in some ways. One thing that you will learn in this article is that raising a child by yourself, as a single parent, is not the worst thing that can happen.