Successful Children of Single Parents: Stories to Tell

The main goal of this narrative study is to tell the success stories of children raised by a single parent in Sarangani. An in-depth interview was conducted with five participants for them to express their stories based on their own experiences. The information gathered were divided into three categories: emotional effects, adjustments, and successful recipes. The findings demonstrate that, as youngsters raised by a single parent, they felt mental discomfort, became detached from the world and lost their sense of direction, even stopped going to school. The participants later internalized to embrace the loss of their other parent and to develop resilience to deal with life's adversities. Finally, they counter these feelings with the hope and optimism that comes from trusting in God. The study's findings may aid the school administrators and teachers to better understand the conditions of their children raised by single parents by providing appropriate intergenerational suppor