When a child comes to life without a father next to him, he doesn`t realize it ... But im sure that ur sister loves her more than two person does.When she`ll be in age to understand some things she will ask her mum why i don`t have any dad, where is he, what happened ... And when she`ll see some other child with their dad hand in hand she`ll maybe say to u i wish my dad was there... But its not her fault so u will have to deal with the sadness of ur child ... and always be by her side as she is actually i think ...

Single parents are way better than parents that argue and fight all the time.

My parents fought constantly, I mean fist fought! I would have done anything in this world not to have grown up in that. I try to share my view of this with people my age that are making their own children go through the very same thing.

I feel that if you put your children through hell by fighting all the time around them then there is only one person that is important to you: YOU!!

I've got fighting parents too...and I've always thought they'd be better off without each other. And if I had to choose with whom to live then, I would choose my mum and we would perhaps feel better like that.
There are people who can handle such situations more than others. If it's someone unable to live alone it becomes even harder with a child to raise. The family is a great support (when they are supportive).
So of course single parents can make children happy, especially if it was bad time when they were with a partner.

yes children can live with single parents if they are well taken care of. you should make sure that you fulfill all the needs of the child and specially do not make them feel the need of the other parent. provide the child with all the love, care , respect and attention he needs. this is how the child will remain happy

That’s a really nice thing to say! I’m sure that single parents can be good parents if they don’t let grief control their actions. Your niece surely must feel the love from her mother and knows that she is in safe hands and well surrounded. Who said that we needed 2 parents to be happy? There are people who live their childhood with 2 parents and still they are not happy children. It’s not quantity that counts but quality.

I have a further question to this thread. I have a baby boy and am considering a separation. Wouldn't a boy be needing/wanting a father figure? Even if he seemed perfectly happy being without one during his early age, it could become delicate later in his teen years, right? My husband's father was absent during his teen years and he dropped out of school which he regrets now.

I was raised by a single mother and I can say I had a fantastic childhood. I have absolutely no complaints.

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