{"id":24372,"date":"2022-02-09T07:39:17","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T07:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrhealthyalternative.com\/?p=24372"},"modified":"2022-02-09T07:39:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T07:39:17","slug":"why-did-this-single-mom-dress-up-as-a-dad-for-her-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrhealthyalternative.com\/?p=24372","title":{"rendered":"Why did this Single Mom dress up as a \u2018Dad\u2019 for her Son?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"63d509947b33dea96ed9a09b2482b63d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1554417\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<\/div>\n<p>A single mother from Utah\u2019s Facebook post is going viral after she dressed up as a \u2018dad\u2019 for her son\u2019s \u201cdads and doughnuts\u201d school event. \u00a0Her post gaining wide support from parents on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Whitney Kittrell donned a full beard on Wednesday all so her son just so he would have someone to join him at a \u2018dads and doughnuts\u2019 event at his school. \u00a0Whitney became a single mother 3 years ago according to her Facebook post. \u00a0When her son came home with a letter about the event she said her heart sank.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI made a promise with myself that I would do anything I could, even if it meant going out of my comfort zone, to give my kids a \u201cnormal\u201d life and the same experiences as other kids,\u201d she said on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>She said she sat her son down \u2014 who is in kindergarten \u2014 and asked him if he wanted his grandfather to go with him to the event. \u00a0His response?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>He just smiled and said \u201cno. \u00a0I want you to go. You\u2019re my mom and dad.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>She says she gathered her best \u201cdad\u2019 outfit, painted on a beard and went to have breakfast with her son and all the other children and their dads.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>I was so embarrassed,\u201d she said on Facebook. \u00a0\u201cBut I couldn\u2019t help but smile when he introduced me to his little friends saying \u2018this is my mom\u2026she\u2019s my dad too so I brought her!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Kittrell said she posted about it on Facebook for friends to see but since then, she said, it has gone viral. \u00a0The post having over 2,000 views with comments from many praising her for doing a good job raising her son.<\/p>\n<p>She says on Facebook that she hopes other single parents realize that they aren\u2019t alone and that single parents everywhere are doing the best they can.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing a single parent, or any parent for that matter, is a hard job,\u201d she said on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>Source: https:\/\/www.abc4.com\/news\/local-news\/why-did-this-single-mom-dress-up-as-a-dad-for-her-son\/654014439\/<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A single mother from Utah\u2019s Facebook post is going viral after she dressed up as a \u2018dad\u2019 for her son\u2019s \u201cdads and doughnuts\u201d school event. \u00a0Her post gaining wide support from parents on social media. 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