I was a single mom..
And I was able to raise two children that turned out pretty damned awesome! I didn't have to worry that I would wake up on the middle of the night with the police carting them home. I didn't have to go to the hospital to find them shot or OD'd. Why? Because I was HOME being a parent.
I was a single mom who went to work every day earning (at that time - 1990) on 22k salary and very little support from my ex.
Single moms can (and dads) - go figure- raise children without the influence of a really horrible spouse that would provide a terrible example of what decency, ethics and morality is.
I could say more, but I'd be preaching to the choir.
This is obviously a really sore point with me..
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My son will be 30 in about a month (omg). He fought hard to get through high school with ADD, and graduated with a B average. He also worked during his last two years of high school and (despite my objections) would help out with food, gas and 'extras'. After high school he had a fantastic job at Lexus. He then spent 8 years as a Marine. While stationed in Okinawa, fell in love with and married the best DIL a mother could ask for. He 'retired' from the Marines in May. He's now working a full time job and going to school full time. He still manages to keep his credit rating stellar, still hasn't ended up in jail or on crack, is still freakishly happily married after 5 years and some rough times and still calls his mom once a week.
Screw you, Romney.
Oh, and we may be the choir, but we're a damned proud choir. 
I've talked to moms and dads that aren't as lucky. Painful conversations.
Thank you to your son and you. 
