Single Parent Homes

I found it very interesting when we were talking about single parent homes on Thursday. I myself have not been in a sinlge parent household therefore I loved learning about it. My household is basically my mom and dad running things together. I can't ask one of them something without the other one making sure it okay on how they answered my question. I can't imagine having just one parent to make all of the desicions themselves or even putting myself as the parent and deciding everything. .I feel like I could do it if i was in the position yet I think I would rather have a husband there to help me out. This is most likely due to the fact that i am custom to the lifestyle of a mom and dad. From our talk in class I thought it sounded almost stressful to be a single parent. Another aspect of raising children on my own would be if i had a boy I would want a man in the house for him to look up to. Not that he couldn't look up to me and see how I handled stress and finance but I would want him to have at least a father figure. I also wouldn't want my children to feel like the have to assume household jobs because I am busy or have other things to do. Of course every parent wants there child to help out but I would be scared they wouldn't feel like they had a childhood.