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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am always confused by what single parent means. I am divorced but their dad is in their lives. One child lives with me full time and the other lives with my ex. I support my household by myself. Does that qualify me as a single parent or do you exclusively mean when the other parent is not involved?

In any event, I am a fed and I make 126k. 11th grader lives with me, 10th grader lives with my ex (they wanted to go to certain schools, thus the living arrangement).

I have good work life balance, although my agency does not have the option to telework.

I accumulated a lot of debt during my marriage that I am just now getting myself out of, so there have been a few rough years, but honestly I am overall better off now compared to when I was married.

We go on mini vacations frequently, plus I travel a lot for work and take them with me when I can.[/quote]

Ummm yes you are a single parent.

What is your career, what do you do as a fed? That's very broad.[/quote]

I'm a single mother and I would say the PP is not a single parent, especially in this context.  I had to leave my former, higher paying job because it required sporadic, not even regular, travel.  I would not have had childcare for my trips and could not have afforded to pay for overnight care for the weeks I was gone. Presumably PP has her children stay with her ex while she travels.

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Agreed. My definition of a single parent is a parent who is flying solo through the parenting process. PP’s marital status is single; however her parenting status is not. Two different statuses.[/quote]

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