There are two million single parents with majority care for their kids in Britain today thats one in four families with children. Single parents do a brilliant job, but paying the bills and juggling work and family life on your own can be a real challenge. Less than half of single parents receive money from their childs other parent, and children in single parent families are twice as likely as children in couple families to live in poverty. The majority of single parents are working, but two-thirds of them say finances are still a constant struggle at best. And even though theres no such thing as a typical single parent, nearly three quarters have experienced stereotyping or prejudice. By supporting Gingerbread you can champion and enable single parent families to live secure, happy and fulfilling lives.