Raising You Alone

I never even gave this book to my 8 year old son. They way it reads is terrible. It made me feel bad about being a single parent. I can’t imagine how it would make an 8 year old little boy feel.

I wish I could go less than 1 star this is Awful HORRIBLE and down right disgusting. It basically says the daddy was the dream come true... But he is gone and now its just me and you. Then later describes having a "special friend" come over so mommy can have her dream come true again. WHAT A DESPICABLE MESSAGE FOE CHILDREN

I'm very surprised with the other reviews. They must not be single parents. The author is not a single parent, which I realized after I read the book. The message this book sends is not a message I want my child to get. I don't know a single parent that wants children to get this message. The message this book is sending is this:I had a dream of raising you with someone else, but that didn't work out.Now we have a really hard time because I can't do it alone, and let's dream together for someone else to come and help us. The only way life will be good is if our dream (of someone else saving us) comes true.WHAT???Now I wonder, do you have to be a single parent to know that this message is an absurd message to send to your child?How about this: We CAN do this together.If you are raising your child alone, and are thinking about purchasing this book, I say save your time and money.I don't want this book in my house, and I won't give it away. I don't want any child to get this message. I have never in my life thrown a book away. This will be a first.

Authors bio says it all

THis book is very negative. I would not recommend it nor, do I agree with it's message.

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It helped to read to my child because it had bunnies as the character and it caught his attention

Although it's a nice story, I am disappointed that it's not generic for single parents.More of a personal story.Also, I know this probably just me but this book has no rhythm. When reading, you don't get into it.*I know children's books for single parent homes are few but this should be like a $5-$7 book.

I'm not quite sure who this book is aimed at! It's certainly way way over the top for my young child. I'm not even sure it's appropriate a few years down the line. It's actually a truly awful story. It makes out that the mother dreamt of (desired) having a relationship with the father - which didn't happen but that' was "ok". It then goes on about all the things they can do together but also missing out on. And then ends with insinuating that the mother might ultimately wish to be with someone else / another man (some day - does a young child understand the concept of this or such a time line??) ! I'm a very liberal and open minded person but this is all much to stereotypical and actually aimed at a very specific group of single mom's. Definitely not suitable for the broader spectrum.I'm really sorry but this is a crazy idea book and not one I'll read to my young child again. In fact I didn't even finish readying it. We ended up looking at the picutres and I made up something else once I realised what the actual words were.

This book was a real disappointment. Written very much from the perspective of a non-single parent, who presents single parenthood as not ideal and not something a parent would actually want (eg: "There was a dream that I once had of both a mom and dad to raise you as their own. That happy dream did not come true. But I am happy to be here with you, and now it looks like i'll be raising you alone.")Honestly, i find that this book fails to appreciate that there are all different kinds of families, some people choose to be single parents. I don't appreciate the judgements that this book is founded on. I don't recommend it for single parents.

So the premise of this book is great but I agree with an earlier comment that there is a huge amount of 'normalisation' in how it is presented. I don't think it needed to address why you are raising the child alone, it could be death, divorce or choice! and the 'mum and dad' aspect is exclusive of those who have chosen single parenthood or LGBQT parents. Other aspects of the book are fairly gender neutral i.e it could be mum or dad raising the child alone. My other points would be 'day you say I do' - I have no intention of stopping being a parent when my child gets married and nor do I see this as the pinnacle achievement of their existence. Last thing! If my kid meets a friend or a 'friend' and behaves like a child and that 'friend' choose not to like me then I'm not sure they are the kind of 'friend' I would want around. I didn't like the way this aspect made it the kids responsibility if the new 'friend' liked them.I know this could be picky but it just is disappointing when it comes so far and falls with a few small points.

My son absolutely loves this book. Its funny but honest and has really helped with some of the questions I just couldn't answer. We enjoy reading this together.

Love this book and so does my daughter. Great for helping your little ones to understand abit better why they only have 1 parent.