You may have what seems like a full day of homework waiting for you at home, from cooking dinner to doing laundry to helping your child with homework. Although these same obligations are faced by married working mothers, a single parent must face these responsibilities alone, without the help of her husband.” (The Challenges of Single Parenting)My mother is an incredible woman. With all the things he had to face in life. He is still a strong and positive person. She has never let anything stop her from doing what is best for her family. I never realized how great of a mother she was until I got older. Now I can finally understand all the sacrifices he made to make sure we were always happy. When my mother was nineteen, she became pregnant with my older brother Domz. She was attending a nursing program but had to drop out. Although she was with my father at the time, she needed to work to help support her new family. Things were going well until she gave birth to me three years later. My parents' relationship didn't last and she remained a single mother. As my father moved on, he got married and started a new one