Single mothers during MCO: What they struggled with, what we can learn and how the govt can help
Sunday, 10 May 2020 06:54 AM MYTA customer buying a groceries at a supermarket in Cyberjaya April 5, 2020. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
Along with her child , she was denied entry into the supermarket by a security guard, prompting her to explain that she could not leave her young child alone at the supermarket entrance. Just like other parents, one of the biggest challenges for Sonia is her child’s frustration at being cooped up inside all the time... not being able to go out to play or see her friends in kindergarten.Angela, 30, who cares for her two-year-old daughter alone had a similar experience where a grocery store manager refused entry to her and her child during the MCO.
With her child’s daycare centre closed during the MCO, Angela said it has been challenging to work from home and attend virtual meetings while tending to her child’s needs. Although she has received discounts from her child’s daycare centre, she has also been spending more money stocking up on diapers and milk in case she cannot not go out to buy more.
She has continued to pay her part-time cleaner, as well as her child’s kindergarten which has offered some rebates and replacement school days in the future. “Another help would be the understanding of schools when they devise any online teaching, that for a single working parent it can be extremely taxing,” she said.Abigail Lo, 33, said the challenge she faced during the MCO was getting everything done without help; squeezing in full-time work while cooking, cleaning, tidying and being present for her four-year-old child with the kindergarten not operating.
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