single mom raising boys

I would imagine that it is a daunting task to raise a boy as a single mom or even boys as a single mom, it is never an easy task. I too I was a boy before I became a man; raised by a single mom in my teenage stages, not because my dad was nowhere to be found but because he passed away when I was 10 years old.

There are many reasons or circumstances that can cause you to be raising boys alone, so the reason doesn’t matter right now what matters is what you are going through or facing as it might prove not to be an easy task.

Boy: I gave my mother trouble as a teenager, she was wise enough to know that there are things she could not teach me alone so she looked within our family or close friends where there was a solid father presence, from time to time she would let me stay within those family structures, I had father figures which to this day I still love and appreciate.

It is in a boy’s nature to seek their father or yearn for a relationship with a male figure, it is your responsibility as a mother to try to make that happen. You see when a boy is left without a father or father figure he will be drawn to any of them he comes across every day in the streets, unfortunately it might be one without morals or good intentions.

Though I knew exactly what happed to my father at times I would be angry that he wasn’t there, even angry at God, can you imagine a boy who knows his father is alive but not in his life. The anger is unexplainable.

Single moms I applaud you for the great work you are doing even though that it is not easy, when the time is right introduce your boy to good responsible men who he can learn from and be shaped from.

Today I’m doing the same thing that my mom did when she sent me to good responsible male figures, I’m helping to be a good role model to a few boys within my family and close family friends.

To single moms 🥂
Author Thapelo moremi