Mom, how can you stay cheerful with kids?
By rona_pacana3
@rona_pacana3 (75)
Philippines
February 6, 2010 4:58am CST
I have this friend of mine. She's a young single mother. Her role is not easy. I've seen her struggle to provide something for her child at the same time taking care of her alone. At first trying to get a job, then getting a job and working really hard to meet ends, then getting home and doing the chores. She feels hopeless, tired and irritable and her child is just so intelligent she often sees this and get affected from it. It pains me to see it though. I want to help her I just dont know how she can handle it. so now I'm asking parents out there if u know how to stay and look happy in front of her child...
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4 responses
@teriyaki18 (135)
• Philippines
6 Feb 10
she needs help from friends and families so she can have her own time out. as a mother myself, at least once a week away from kids and responsibilities does help in being less harassed and a little cheerful. if she wont get away at least a short time from all that, it would be hard...trust me. ^^
@dreamr802 (985)
• United States
7 Feb 10
I agree...I think the thing that she needs the most is help from friends and family. My mom was a stay at home mom raising us three kids. Her best friend (aka my aunt) would come over once a week with her 2 boys (she worked full time) and take care of the 5 of us. It got my mom out of the house and allowed her to have a little bit of a life away from us. LOL.
@rona_pacana3 (75)
• Philippines
7 Feb 10
I wish I already have my kids that i could bring to her house for her little girl to play with, but I don't. Well I think as a friend I could start organizing bb-q parties for kids and our firends too? Do you think that could be nice? Or I'm afraid it could add more stress for her...
@rona_pacana3 (75)
• Philippines
7 Feb 10
by the way, thank you very much teriyaki18 and dreamr802, I know u wanted to help her too. I really hope we could help her all...
@rona_pacana3 (75)
• Philippines
7 Feb 10
If only she's a regular mom with a regular husband, maybe she can cope with all this. She feels happy with her baby girl, it's a fulfillment to her already even if she was not able to finish school, but her situation is not easy liannejc. She's young and she's a single mom. And don't get me wrong, she has always wanted to be the best mom to her child too.
@Zhizho (1350)
• Indonesia
9 Feb 10
Hi. Be a mom is not easy.But we have to be grateful because there is no all woman can get the chance being Mom.All of child are smart.sometimes, when I have a big problem,I can not hide it.I explaine to my son (he was 2,4 years old) though he still young but I tell about my feel.I confuse, I am sad.But beleive me, when you look your kid's smile, you will be strong.For me My son is my docter.He make me happy and I want him happy too when he look at me.
@jhaness (1)
• Philippines
9 Feb 10
I'm a mom of a cute little girl and being a single mom is not easy. I can feel the sentiments of your friend. At first, I don't know how to raise my child alone and i also feel hopeless that it seems the whole world crashes at me but everytime i see my daughter smiles at me, all the fears, all the buts, all the problems will just gone through. I just realized my daughter is a gift and there is a reason why she came into my life. I'm more mature now and i know how to struggle in life. I need to work hard to support the needs of my child since i wanted to give her the best of life. For me giving time for being with each other is a good way to let your child feel that she is very special to you. Its not good that your child will be affected of the things that you have gone through no matter how hard it is, after all they have nothing to do with it.
