Being a mother is hard enough.  Mothering your children singlehandedly is much harder.  I admire the courage of those single mother who raise their children alone.  My deep appreciation goes to them.  I salute you single mothers for the courage and determination in rearing your children.  Tough job for tough moms!

I am not a single mother but I try to help you with some suggestions for your friend . The greatest task for a single mother is to play both roles , mother and father for the child which is a big mistake in my opinion. No matter the sex of the child ,a boy or a girl equally needs a male figure to relate to and  by this I am not meaning that your friend should necessary marry with the first male she meet , but that she offer to her child a male model figure from her immediate family, a grandparent or an uncle , cousin , her brother maybe …anyway ,the idea is this male should spend more time with the child than the rest of the family .