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Anecdotally, I don't know so many really happy marriages, and scholars have found the same. Per Rebecca Traister's very excellent bestselling All The Single Ladies:

Being a single parent can be a lonely experience. At times you may be tempted to talk to your children, especially older children, as friends. However, they are still children, and your priority is to be their parent. Not their friend. Universal Credit finished rolling out in 2018, and it's pretty much the one-stop shop for benefits in the UK. You can apply for Universal Credit online, although you might also have to attend an interview at your local Jobcentre Plus. If you are unemployed and able to work, you may be asked to look for work to keep receiving UC. The Healthy Start scheme is to help pregnant women and those with children under the age of 4 to buy basic foods, promoting healthy eating.I feel for you. I also identify with you. I used to be married. It wasn't so great for me. My marriage was indeed hard, painful, frustrating, lonesome, unfair and a bad example for the kids. But the marriage ended. I got out, and I found a new life. For me, single motherhood has been pretty great. It is for a lot of people, maybe especially women, so many of whom I've met whom THRIVE in their newfound independence and are forced to find their way financially, logistically, romantically and as parents. What about those who are “living together but separated?” This is usually paid every 4 weeks, though as a single parent, you can ask for it to be paid weekly if you prefer. Statistically, it is economically tougher to raise kids without a spouse. It can be scary, stressful, socially isolating, lonely, painful and worrisome. But with 10 million single moms in the United States, you probably know one or 20 who are thriving, fully embracing the economic, educational, sexual and social opportunities afforded women in this country today. It might look pretty good. Only one parent can get Child Benefit for a child, so if you're sharing custody, you'll need to discuss this with your child's other parent. 3. Healthy Start vouchers

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Of course, none of these perceived privileges are necessarily true — nor are the presumed hardships of moms who never married, many of whom do plan their families and do have healthy co-parenting relationships. Ladies, if your husband is away on a hunting trip for a weekend, you are not a single mom. Or even, as Michelle Obama accidentally did, you call yourself a single mom because your husband is really, really busy with his fabulous career, you are out. The free childcare system is changing as of the Spring Budget in March 2023. From April 2024, they will start to roll out free childcare in stages, and by September 2025 all children in households where both parents are working will be eligible for 30 hours of free childcare from 9 months old.