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Al W
04 December 2021 I had to leave my job and become a full time carer. I am stigmatised and ostracised by school parents...
👦 Single parenting
Care
🌦 Politics & stigma
Al W
04 December 2021 I didn't sign up to be a carer. Autism wasn't on the agenda when I got pregnant...
Care
🚧 Work
⛑ Support
Grace K
05 December 2021 I don’t know how single parents would cope when contracting covid, it must be so hard. Not only being ill their selves but having to possibly look after sick children or keeping children who are isolating occupied whilst being ill themselves...
😷 Covid-19
🎄 Christmas
🤹 Parenting
🚧 Work
Care
Gracie L
06 December 2021 I still feel like a single mum, as my partner is not the father of my children and as he works nights he has a completely different routine to us and we don't get to spend much time with him unfortunately...
🤹 Parenting
Care
⛑ Support
🔮 Hopes + fears
🎄 Christmas
😷 Covid-19
Fiona T
04 January 2022 Today has been a really rough day - as was yesterday. Covid caught up with me just after Christmas and I was quite unwell for a week - my husband had to take unpaid time off work to look after me...
😷 Covid-19
Utilities
Care
🧒 Children
🚧 Work
Cost of Living
Al W
29 December 2021 Unwell again. Earache...
👦 Single parenting
💛 Health + disability
Care
Lois N
05 December 2021 Hi home. I was feeling back to how awful that's really, really hot, and interesting point because our self have been poorly...
😷 Covid-19
🕰 Lockdown, rules, and social distancing
Care
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