- What it’s really like to be a single parent
- By Margaret Burin and Matt Liddy
- ABCNews au Interactive Digital Storytelling team
- 17/10/2017 Make a Comment
- Contributed by: Daveyone ( 77 articles in 2017 )
Tens of thousands of Australians get divorced every year — and many more relationships break down.
It’s a stressful time, posing all kinds of difficult questions. Who gets custody of the kids? How do you divide the assets? Who gets the cat? 👶🏠🐈
Leon and Erin were never a couple. They’re mates who are both single parents, and have agreed to sit down and thrash out the big issues around what happens after a couple splits.
Single mums are often demonised. But some single dads, like Leon, reckon that in a number of ways they’ve got it tougher.
You get to play director: choose from each set of questions to carve your own path through this intimate conversation.
What do you want to watch first?
Leon asks Erin:
What do you wish people knew about being a single mum?
Erin asks Leon:
What's the hardest part of being a single dad? Leon asks Erin:
What do you wish people knew about being a single mum?
It’s a stressful time, posing all kinds of difficult questions. Who gets custody of the kids? How do you divide the assets? Who gets the cat? 👶🏠🐈
Leon and Erin were never a couple. They’re mates who are both single parents, and have agreed to sit down and thrash out the big issues around what happens after a couple splits.
Single mums are often demonised. But some single dads, like Leon, reckon that in a number of ways they’ve got it tougher.
You get to play director: choose from each set of questions to carve your own path through this intimate conversation.
What do you want to watch first?
Leon asks Erin:
What do you wish people knew about being a single mum?
Erin asks Leon:
What's the hardest part of being a single dad? Leon asks Erin:
What do you wish people knew about being a single mum?
Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-17/single-parents-hear-me-out/9039664?sf122593208=1
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