Is it easier to be a single parent?

I was a single parent. I wouldn't have been my kid for a billion dollars. I had to leave them with the best daycare that I could afford (and it took almost all my salary) so that I could work to pay rent and buy food. My little guy was so traumatized (he was 2) that he woke up crying every morning, screaming, "Don't go, Mommy." I had to work long hours, so the daycare raised my babies. At night, I was too tired to do much more than feed them and read to them and put them to bed. I had no help when I was sick, when they were sick, on holidays, with school plays and homework - it was all on me, plus working, being on time every day and leaving late, as I was expected to do. It was hard work, and I failed every single day. So no, in no way whatever was it easier than having their dad involved.