Parenthood and childhood.

The hardest part for a mother to do is to tell her son who his father is or was, what he wishes or wished for him to have or to be. A lost father is a lost son. No woman can raise a man even if she has to on her own due to circumstances, neither  will her child forgive her if she looses herself as a "mother" in sacrificing herself as a wife for the sake of marriage. Parenthood comes first before anything.

Should you find yourself as a woman raising a son or boys alone, surround yourself with male friends that can at certain times be guardians in different areas and at different times, they could be related uncles or family friends.