Help For Single Moms Raising Boys (Part 1 of 2)

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Society & Culture, Relationships, Parenting

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🗓️ 20 February 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Roland Warren, who was raised by a single mom, offers help and encouragement for single moms with boys. He describes the importance of acknowledging loss and seeking healing. (Part 1 of 2)

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0:00.0	And I really think that's an important insight for a single mom to have.
0:05.2	You had hopes and dreams for your life with this guy or maybe the relationship or whatever.
0:09.2	Well, maybe that promise is not going to be the one that's there, but God always sees
0:13.2	He always hears.
0:14.8	And your son is a son of a promise.
0:17.2	Well, that's Roland Warren and he joins us today on Focus on the Family Offering Health
0:22.2	and Encouragement for single moms who are raising boys.
0:25.6	I'm John Fuller and your host is Focus President and author Jim Dilly.
0:29.4	And John speaking to the listeners and the viewers, odds are you know somebody who is a single
0:34.2	parent.
0:35.2	Single mom, particularly the US, has the world's highest rate of children living in single
0:40.7	parent house.
0:41.7	I'm not sure I knew that.
0:42.7	Yeah, that's a stunner.
0:44.4	According to the US Census Bureau, one in six children in the US are being raised without
0:49.1	a father.
0:50.6	And again, you know, we understand there are dads who are single parents, but another
0:55.9	data point is 80% of the single parents are moms.
1:00.3	So we're going to speak to that today.
1:02.3	We see you.
1:03.3	We know you are there, that 20% that are the dads raising their children.
1:07.9	I think a lot of what we talk about today is going to be relevant to you, but we're going
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