When we read this recent, emotional post by Los Angeles Single Mama –“What A Boy Wants, What A Boy Needs…” — we just knew that we HAD to share it with you. This thoughtful single mom — like many of you — is raising her son alone, without the involvement of this father.

(Count Dr. Leah among that “club,” too! And she promises to comment later about her own experiences raising a “father-less” son.)

So, we’d love to know if you relate:

When her son was just three years old, LA Single Mom taught him how to play baseball. “By four,” she writes, “he was so obsessed with baseball we played at least one game every day — just the two of us.”

Her son was so good at throwing and catching that “People would stop us in the park to ask his age and comment on his athletic prowess.”

So, she went on to teach him the rules of baseball, football, and basketball. But as he got older, playing sports with her son got more challenging.

For one thing, at age seven, he’s now so strong! “While I was pitching to him, he hit me so hard with a semi-soft baseball that my side was bruised for a week!”

And he’s only getting better! Most recently, as she and her son watched another dad and his son play basketball, he told her that he wished he could play with that boy’s dad on the court.

Not only did this make LA Single Mama teary-eyed, it made her realize that she’s got do DO more, such as:

*Sign him up for more organized sports.

*Plan more play dates.

*Find another single mom who has an athletically inclined boy so they can play together.

We agree that these are all great ideas…for ALL kids.

So, we’re wondering:

What do single moms raising “father-less” sons need to add to their parenting “to do” list that’s different from other moms?

Maybe nothing …?

We’re anxious to hear YOUR thoughts!

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