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Raising a child is a daunting task to begin with -- and doing it on your own can prove to be even more difficult. Fulfilling the roles of two parents means being sympathetic and tough at the same time and often leads to stress. To help you stay sane, finding support from books, friends, family and other groups is important.

Raising a child on your own can be caused by a myriad of factors. Parents are often left to do the job of rasing a child alone because of a divorce or death of a spouse. Other times, a child's parent may have left the family, or entered the prison system. Whatever your personal situation is, this guide to understanding single parenting can help.

Here are some resources other survivors found helpful:

• Single Parents Network: Resources for Single Parenting
• Focus Adolescent Services: Single Parenting
• Single Parent Center
• Parents Without Partners: All Single Parents Are Welcome!

If you are a single mother, this site can provide great resources for the help and support you need in a variety of applications: Single Mom: Resources for Single Moms. For single fathers, this site offers advice and resources to help: Great Dad: Advices for Expectant Dads.

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