摘要：Parenting is not easy. Childcare responsibilities on both parents. Thisresponsibility will feel lighter when both parents are working together andsharing in the face of any existing problems in parenting. Whether its economicproblems, emotions, or education of his children. Expenses will be felt moreheavily burdened when child-care responsibilities are borne alone. This wasexperienced by sole parents. In women who are raising children alone or asingle mother, must be a double play, either a father or mother for her children.In addition to more attention to their children, mothers should be able to workfor economic and educational needs childrens. Weight of the responsibilitiesand difficulties faced by it, can make individuals become stressed. Then how thecoping single mother who experience stress. This study aimed to image thestress experienced by the divorced single mother, find the cause of stressexperienced by a single mother, and know the description of the single mothercoping to overcome the stress. With the aim, the appropriate research approachis qualitative case study approach. Data collected by observation and depthinterview methods. Subjects in this study was a 35-year-old woman acting as asingle mother to two children from the data analysis, it is known that thesubjects experienced mood symptoms (crying, anger, daydreaming) andsymptoms of organ in the body (dizziness, conditions weakens the body,fainting). Stress comes from the subject himself, family, community, anddisruption of daily life.
