About Single Parent
A single parent is a person who lives with a child or children and who does not have a wife, husband or live-in partner. A single parent may have either sole custody of the child or joint physical custody, where the child lives part-time with each parent.
Baby formula soaring costs: 'I struggle, but I won't buy a cheaper brand'
![Baby formula soaring costs: 'I struggle, but I won't buy a cheaper brand'](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/119D/production/_131890540_emma2.jpg)
... " I ve always been a Single Parent, so you budget, " she says...
Unsafe buildings leave 'forgotten' pupils learning from home
![Unsafe buildings leave 'forgotten' pupils learning from home](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/75E4/production/_131308103_image005.jpg)
... " I m a Single Parent, trying to do a full-time job and keep her on an even keel, and it s really, really hard not to be able to help, " she says...
Booker Prize 2023: The Bee Sting and Western Lane make short list
![Booker Prize 2023: The Bee Sting and Western Lane make short list](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/12BF7/production/_131219767_crspineonangle_style1_marble1-cbookerprizefoundation.jpg)
... Western Lane explores an immigrant father s attempts to raise his family as a Single Parent, while If I Survive You is a collection of linked stories focused on one family s tempest-tossed journeys in Jamaica and Florida...
'Bankrupt' Birmingham City Council braced for government intervention
!['Bankrupt' Birmingham City Council braced for government intervention](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/15BC6/production/_131103098_cotton1.jpg)
... " I was a Single Parent with three children claiming tax credits and all the time, you know, you were worried about money...
Inside South Africa's Operation Dudula vigilantes: 'Why we hate foreigners'
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... The 57-year-old Single Parent of three has been a cook there for more than 10 years...
How esports helped a snooker player go pro
![How esports helped a snooker player go pro](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/7B86/production/_130722613_ishpreet.jpg)
... " My mum s a Single Parent, " he says...
Ukraine war: The men who don't want to fight
![Ukraine war: The men who don't want to fight](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/647E/production/_130862752_ukrainian_fighters_bbc_1.jpg)
... There are exemptions from service, including having poor health, being a Single Parent, and caring for someone vulnerable...
Why it's getting easier to be a single mum in China
![Why it's getting easier to be a single mum in China](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/3845/production/_130250441_meili2.jpg)
... " Yet it was not only people s beliefs which made it very hard to become a Single Parent...