A single mother had no choice but to have her 16yearold son and 14yearold daughter in the same room after struggling to put food on the table at home. This was after she was evicted from her original home as she could no longer afford it. Unfortunately, her children didn’t like sharing their space and describe their new living conditions as “unacceptable”. Check out below how the challenges of being a single mom go.
Challenges for single mothers
After sharing her story on the subreddit thread, the woman asked a few other users if there was a better way to handle the situation and make her children’s lives easier.
At the beginning of her post, she revealed that her husband sadly passed away unexpectedly a few months ago. She was alone and had to take care of her three children. She has a 16yearold son, a 14yearold daughter and a twoyearold daughter.
This single mom says that after her husband’s death, finances became tight and the family was forced to move out of their home.
She then said: “Due to the significant drop [na] income, I could no longer live where we were and all I can afford is a one bedroom apartment.”
The current sleeping arrangements in the new apartment pose a problem. While the mother sleeps in the living room with her twoyearold daughter, her two children teenagers share the only room in the house.
Since they used to have their own rooms in the old apartment, she has done her best to make her kids still feel like they have their own space.
However, her efforts to improve the environment for teenagers do not seem to have helped.
“I’ve tried adding a privacy screen in the middle to make them feel like they have their own space, but they tell me that’s not acceptable,” the mother shared.
Despite the fact that the mother is tirelessly looking for a better paying job to support her children, so far she has not had much luck.
“I can’t get a second job because I can’t pay someone to take care of my daughter outside of childcare hours,” she wrote.
Teenagers refuse to take care of their younger sister and to participate financially
The mother revealed: “None of my children are willing to help and they say that my youngest child is not their responsibility.”
The mother, visibly inconsolable, realizes that this is not the ideal life situation for her children.
However, she wishes that at some point they would realize the hardships she had to endure just to keep them all indoors, including forgoing their own meals so their children could eat.
She wonders if it wouldn’t be more appropriate if her sons slept with her in the living room while her two daughters share a bedroom.
“I don’t live in US, but it’s not common for teenagers of the opposite sex to share the same room. That’s something I absolutely appreciate,” she wrote.
While teenagers undoubtedly go through a very difficult time between losing their father and losing their room, they should be able to see their mother’s current situation.
So you should make it a little easier for her as she is doing her best.