No matter how hard you think you are as an individual, I think balance is critical not only as a person but for parenting - it just make things more bearable. Now, I'm speaking about this because I've been given the task to play the role of single parenting for 7 days and already into the 2nd day I understand the importance of having both parties as parents in the child's life. Like I mean for me, I'm the enforcer and well the mother is the nurture. And quickly I'm discovering that being just the enforcer is not playing out very well for my sanity nor my relationship with my child. So I'm resorting to a discomfort feeling of showing some nurture characteristics to quickly de-escalate the situation(s).

Now to say that I totally understand how single parenting is like, is nowhere near the struggles they face on a daily,weekly,monthly to yearly basis. I mean I'm fortunate to be self employed and stable with my career enough to be able to afford "x" amount of days to be able to hold down the fort, I could also pawn the child off to relatives for him to be watched while I put in some hours of work but I hold myself responsible to doing my duty. This experience will definitely strengthen our bond with the opportunity to fine tune my abilities as a father and an individual because I believe the fundamentals of life is overlooked as we get older, and if I want my child to have thrive thru adversity when faced upon - the basics of problem solving starts at home with consistent reps of discipline and patience.

I'm probably leaving out other important characteristics for the child to adhere too but from what I'm seeing with the young generation these days, lack of discipline and patience are undervalued - as a parent you want your child to have the skills and backbone to be able to withstand the bullshit that comes along with life. Which is why I come back to the point of being able to sustain a balance relationship with your child as a single parent, being able to quickly adapt to a characteristics your not fond of. But it needs to be done in order to give your child the best chances to succeeding in his/her life.

A helping hand shouldn't be ignored when offered but never abused.