awww bless i used to look after my nephew for my brother for a couple of years to sort himself out. And the things i miss about looking after him is just the funny things he did and the jokes.

The things i hated was always on the go never time for rest with him but o well i guess its a life experiance

I'll tell you when they pass the teenage stage Att eh moment there doesn't seem to be anything good about being a single parent.

I'm treated like sh*t, walked all over, sworn at....

I like the me and Dean time, we can bung on a film (usually Bridget Jones or Harry Potter) and he sits on one end of the sofa and I lay with my head on his tummy, and usually fall asleep. I love that, he has his arm round me or he'll wrap me up in a blanket and cuddle up to me. I love the fact we haver the house to ourselves all the time, beucase it means if its cold or we want a cuddle Dean can get in bed with me and we'll chat and cuddle up for the night. aww my lad is great.

best thing for me is seeing Karl how quickly karl is learning and understanding. and how when i pick him up from the child minders he throws his arms around my neck and shouts my mummy i love you. that mealts my heart everytime, and i get all doe eyed on the train home from work everynight cause i cant wait to see him

I honestly dont have any quams about being a single parent infact i love it ... my boys are my world (might have been more difficult if it was girls ) everyone says theyre worse ... Poor red

The best thing is not having to watching footie cause he hates it! Being snuggled up on the sofa together - i went out last Christmas and bought a really deep sofa so we could both get on it at the same end. We watch tv and eat chocolate!! Him now being happy to be left on his own while i go out for a drink on a Saturday night.

Worse thing - he will only wear designer labels and he ALWAYS has to do a Trinny and Suzanna on me when i'm getting ready to go out. Yes, he wants to be a fashion designer when he leaves school, no he's not gay, not that that would matter at all.

I reckon that the best thing about being a single parent is the amount of time I spend with them. I have a feeling that if I was still with their dad, then there will have probably been times I would have wiggled out of doing some stuff with them and he would have done it or I may have done stuff with him and not them. Being a single parent means that you kinda take the reins a lot more and naturally get to know them a lot more as a result. For the record, I have 2 daughters aged 13 and 12, and so far they're a dream come true. Both have their heads screwed on totally the right way and I don't have too many 'Kevin the teenager' moments with them. Saying that, I'm a secondary school teacher, and have dealings with some proper little darlings every day so maybe mine just seem particularly lovely in comparison!