Family First with FOX43: Single parents face additional challenges during pandemic
Studies have shown during the COVID-19 pandemic, single parents struggle to pay for basic needs like food, housing, and childcare. Author: Matt Maisel (FOX43) Updated: 6:48 AM EDT March 15, 2021
LANCASTER, Pa. Parenting with a partner during a pandemic is hard. Parenting by yourself for the past year can be downright impossible at times.
For women like Jessica Joya, caring for her eight-year-old daughter Liliana Brewer has proven to be more difficult than expected. While Liliana is relegated to virtual visits with friends and family, and school work done from the kitchen table, COVID-19 has kept Jessica from the support system she usually relies on to help with the daily challenges of being a single mom.