Jill Scott recently made an appearance on Steve Harvey’s talk show, and it’s there that she explained why she doesn’t consider herself to be a single mother.
The Root writes:
“Honestly, I am not a single mother,” Scott told Harvey during his “Thankful Hour” segment.
“Everybody joins in to help me raise Jett. These are people that I love and trust. Single, to me, implies that there’s nobody else to help you. If I need a minute, if I need some advice, I can call some folks, and they’ll come in. They’ll help throw the ball, teach him how to play catch, they’ll teach him how to pee standing up, because what do I know about it?” Scott continued.
Several years ago, Scott openly discussed the breakup between her and Jett’s father, a drummer by the name of Lil John, and described a co-parenting relationship.
“We definitely love our son, and we are co-parenting and working on being friends. It is what it is. I have a lot of support, so I want for nothing as far as that’s concerned. I know some might criticize me or the fact that my son is being raised in a single-parent home, but I wasn’t raised in a two-parent home and I had a good relationship with my dad. I have hopes for him, and I’m sure his father will do his part as well,” Scott stated.
Some people have different definitions for single mothers. Some say you’re a single mother and some say you’re a single mother only if you don’t have any help.
True.
Does it matter? If she’s doing a great job taking care of her son, why does a label matter?
I f-cks with Jill.
I understand her point. I always thought a single mother meant a woman who is raising a child or children without any help from anyone. So it’s good to know she has a support system and the child’s father is still involved.
I love when parents can act like grown adults and put their child first, even of that means learning to become friends in order to co-parent. It’s nice that she didn’t bash his dad also.
Grown woman ish.
She’s absolutely right. A single mother is a woman who is doing everything completely alone. And truth be told, we should have no single mothers. Any man who doesn’t support his own kids is a disgrace to society.