Tuesday, 6 December 2016

Stereotype and stigmatized

These days young mum's especially single young mum's are very stereotyped.
I was/ am  a single mum for 3 years and had no help from her father whatsoever as he was addicted to drugs I spend 24/7 with my daughter for 3 years. In the past year and a half he has gotten clean and has been in her life he has become a fantastic father.
So within the last 6 months he started to take her at least one night a week on the weekend.
People use to ask why i don't  go out while im still young & that i should enjoy my youth while i still can.
 
So now that I do go out & I see that people are starting to stereotype and say things such as or she's a young mum and she should be at home taking care of her daughter.
But really this isn't fair I didn't get to enjoy my younger years as i was busy taking care of my daughter. Now i am starting to go out and enjoy my weekends instead of sitting at home and think about my daughter and what  she is doing when she's with her father.

So going out n enjoying my friends company here and there helps get my mind off things whether it be for dinner or just having a few drinks & a good night out with friends after all i am 24 years old and I should still be able to enjoy my free time.
Especially when I know my daughter is safe with her father and her grandparents and just because she's at her father's on the weekend doesn't mean I do not communicate with her I do call her every night and I do text message her father to find out how she is. 
stereotypes need to change. Everyone is in different circumstances and people need to think before they actually judge people especially young parents or any parent for that matter!

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