Single Mothers Raising Sons Angela Thomas Abstract The raising of children can be a challenging task when it is only one parent, the mother. It can be an even more hard job when a mother is raising and upbringing a son in this society. Children need both parents in the house, but a mother attempting at her best to raise, up bring, and instill what a father should be there to do can be difficult. Single Mothers Raising Sons In today's society it is becoming more of the norm to see single women raising children. This is not right or fair for the children growing up, because both parents should be in their lives daily to help in the upbringing.
Hope Edelman’s Struggles Through Marriage In the essay, “The Myth of Co-Parenting: How It Was Supposed to Be. How It Was.” Hope Edelman discusses the difficulties of parenting with a spouse who was seldom present. She also describes her childhood relationship with her parents and how it affects her present relationship with her husband and daughter. This situation is common amongst families today and puts strains on all members in the relationship. The author is a loving wife and parent who experiences complications in her family relationships because of her husband, John, who is spending less time with her and spending more time at work.
Word count 385 Tillie Olsen’s “I Stand Here Ironing” is a Mother’s story of circumstance and regret. In the story the mother retells of her hardships and sacrifice that her family had to endure as a result of the economic climate during the 1930’s. To overcome this adversity Olsen must sacrifice the relationship and well being of her oldest daughter in order to make ends meet and provide for the rest of her family. The main character in the story is the Mother. The Mother is a static character who remains unchanged throughout the story.
One such struggle is the difference of opinions of a daughter’s role. Sara has three sisters, each with their own idea of what life should be like for them in this new country. Bessie, the eldest is a hard worker who gives all of her wages to support her family. She does not blatantly disrespect the Jewish traditions but does have conflict with some of them. The choosing of a husband is Bessie biggest conflict with her father.
As Nomi’s older sister Natasha begins to question their faith, Nomi lives in perpetual terror that her sister is going to hell. Their father is a strong believer; the church is what glues his soul together. And although their mother grew up in the community, she had always been an independent thinker, and could not watch her oldest daughter suffer for a lifetime in a place she hated, following a religion she could no longer identify with. After Nomi’s mother and Natasha leave East Village, Nomi is faced with living in a broken family, and begins to question her faith as well. While trying to avoid the sad existence that seems inevitable if she stays in the community, Nomi dreams of a life in the real world, but can’t seem to get up the courage it will take to leave.
It means that she would give up anything in the world for her child’s safety or well being. This poem is about a woman and the love for her children, a woman who would go for days without eating just to provide for them. In this particular poem, Meeker talks about a woman who is a mother of several children and she cannot afford to feed herself, but as long as her children are fed she can handle it.
Everything That Rises Must Converge. Suffering In the story ''Everything That Rises Must converge'' Flannery O'Connor explores brilliantly the theme of suffering by how she describes the life of Julian's mother and the interaction she has with Julian and other characters in the story. Readers can see that his mom does not have the best condition in terms of health due to high blood pressure (1)''she must loose twenty pounds on account for her blood pressure'' which plays a bigger role in the end of the story. They can also see that she cared a lot for Julian through out his whole life by giving everything she has for him to succeed''All her life was a struggle...she had enjoyed the struggle and that she thought she had won. What she meant when she said she had won was that she brought him up successfully and sent him to college...(5)''.
As Hannah becomes a mother herself and a mother being the first model of love that the children experiences, she emotionally detaches herself from Sula as she was detached from her mother. Sula is able to shape her ego and separate herself from her family after she overhears her mother’s conversation: "You love her, like I love Sula. I just don't like her". Hannah not representing an admirable empathetic mother figure makes Sula assert control over her identity through the inability of connecting with other people as an adult. She is able to find her autonomy and independence denying responsibilities and attachment to anything.
Emily’s mother was only nineteen at this time. She has the struggle of deciding to stay home with her child or to work during this depression. This decision causes the mother to always feel a sense of regret. She hopes her daughter can feel beautiful on the inside despite what she sees on the outside. The mother reflects back to when Emily was a baby.
Kin Ho is stuck in her lonely difficult life reluctant to make changes. Even though her life is hard at times she keeps her faith. She is a single mom who loses her trust in men when her husband runs away after finding out she was pregnant. She is very hard working. Kin Ho works two jobs to obtain enough money to take care herself and her daughter.