Real Hope for Single Moms
Focus on Parenting Podcast
Focus on the Family
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Being a single parent is a difficult job. But, there is hope in that journey. Jim Daly speaks with Pam Farrel, who was raised by a single mom, and PeggySue Wells, who raised seven kids by herself. Then, John Fuller and Dr. Danny Huerta provide encouragement to single moms who are working hard to provide for their kids.
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| 0:00.0 | Single parenting has got to be one of the hardest jobs in the world. And if you're close to someone in your community who's walking that road of being a single mom or a dad, this episode can give them hope. I'm John Fuller with the head of our parenting team, Dr. Danny Werta. And Danny, I think most of us, especially here in the U.S., know somebody who's struggling as a single parent, doing everything there is to do. |
| 0:25.8 | And it's tough. I mean, it really is. And the statistics show that there are about 25% of single parents in our community. |
| 0:33.3 | That actually translates to 18 million parents that are single parents trying to day-to-day |
| 0:42.6 | pour into their children. |
| 0:44.9 | 15 million of those are single moms. |
| 0:47.1 | Three million are dads. |
| 0:49.4 | And so if you think about that, there are different dynamics between the two, and there are 51 million-ish kids being raised in two-parent homes. |
| 0:58.5 | And so if you think of that, there's so many different factors within homes. |
| 1:04.1 | It doesn't mean that a two-parent home is healthier necessarily than a single-parent home, depending on dynamics there. |
| 1:10.5 | And that's what we're going to be |
| 1:11.5 | unpacking here. There are a lot of stresses, but there's a response that you can have as a single |
| 1:16.6 | parent and a community around you excited to dig into this, John. Yeah, well, let's go ahead and listen |
| 1:21.5 | to a portion from Focus on the Family with Jim Daly's show. Jim talked with Peggy Sue Wells, |
| 1:27.4 | who was a single mom herself, |
| 1:29.1 | and Pam Farrell, who grew up in a single parent home. And I think you're going to find some real hope here. |
| 1:34.7 | Pam and Peggy Sue, welcome to focus. Thanks for having us. Yeah, so good to have you. And Peggy Sue, |
| 1:41.6 | is this your first time on the broadcast? It is, but I have watched all my life. |
| 1:45.7 | Yeah, that's so great. And we're going to unfold your stories, but we're already thinking |
| 1:50.8 | sainthood for you, given that you raised seven kids on your own. We're all going, |
| 1:54.9 | oh, that's a, I mean, that right there is very amazing. Seven kids. What was the age spread of those |
| 2:00.5 | children? |
| 2:05.6 | The oldest was graduating high school and getting ready to start her life. |
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