After a lot of thinking and experiments...

After experimenting in illustrator with letters i wasnt really getting anywhere, so i decided to just cut them out of card and play with the letter's which i found easier,

Out of the word parent i have created a pregnant woman holding her stomach, she is meant to be sad which is why her heads tilted and she's on her knees.

The colour is blue because blue is the colour of trust, being a single parent she and her baby have trust in one another to help each other out.