A single-parent household has been stereotyped as a place where women are the main contributors. They are also women who are unemployed and rely on the government to provide for themselves and their children. However, from my personal experience, it can be the opposite in some states. In fact, “single mothers are twice as likely to be unemployed (12%) as married mothers (5%); and the majority of employed single mothers—59 percent—work in retail, service, and administrative jobs that typically offer low wages and few benefits” (Mather,