Pros And Cons Of Being A Single Mother

My mother was born and raised in Ethiopia where things are really tough and complicated. She’s found to be the second born in her family of six children. My mother got married in early age in small village called Awassa located in Ethiopia and became a mother of four children, which are two girls and two boys. After we were born my mother got abounded by our father and become a single mother. Since then my mom raised three of my siblings and I by herself. Back then being a single parent in my country Ethiopia is not easy at some points because of the economic standard and lack of education opportunities and many women in that case end up giving their children to adoption and to some relatives so that they can get away from the situations of being the only parent. However, my mother didn’t want to get involved in none of those things even though things were hard at the moment. Instead she became a very strong and hardworking woman in the village, she was the main provider of the family in terms of food, clothes, and paying school fees. When single parents are exposed to all these situations, they may face …show more content…
She become a mom at a very early age around 16 or 17 years old can’t remember the exact year, but she’s been very young back then. Having two kids at that age is really frustrating and hard because they are many responsibilities that need to be taken care of. Yet, ever since the father of her two children left her in the dark, my sister found a way to raise her offspring without looking back into her boyfriend disappears. She hold her herself together and started looking for a job as hair dresser but my mom I decided to opened up for her a hair salon so that she can able provide her kids with the necerytite of life she could possibly afford, took them to good school, buy them clothes and food. She gave them everything they needed in life without their father