Being single and ready to mingle is an easy tagline for all those who want to enjoy their single relationship status but for single parents it’s much more than this. They are single but, they are parents too and they have the freedom of being single with a huge responsibility of being a parent.

Single parents often neglect their relationship needs which demands equal attention and as much as they give to their children. The online poll done by perfectmatch.com gives answers to all those critics who think single parents don’t understand their priorities.

About 74% of single parents say that they disclose their children in their dating profile and 11% says that they do it before going on a first date. Asking a question on their divorce, 38% single parents say that they did not date enough before deciding to marry and 30% say they married to young. There are evidences that money plays a major part as 22% says there were financial pressures on them which leads them to divorce.

Disclosing on online dating profile presence, 37% of single parents say that their children approved it as 32% say that it was never a topic of discussion for them. 20% of the children are simply not happy with this and they don’t approve this.

Children become a priority for single parents, they create their own world around them as 52% of single dad says that they would like to date someone who understand that children comes first and it’s fine if lady they are dating don’t have children. 27% dad says that she has to be youthful and show fun qualities. These answers in poll show the typical men’s attitude towards relationship.

Asking the same question, single moms are practical because 60% of women are looking for men with a good attitude towards children and 16% of women are looking for men that have children.

This poll shows that single parents (more than 16 million) in US are aware about their children as a priority in their lives. They also understand that they need to have a life with a companion after all spending life alone is a tough job.

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