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Single mother in carrying out the function of education in family or Informal education can be seen how a woman is able to play a role in dividing her duties as a housewife and family head who plays a role in Informal education. The purpose of this study is to find out and get a picture of single mother as the head of the family in carrying out the functions of education in the family or in informal education in Kualuh Hulu Subdistrict, Labuhanbatu Utara District. In this study is descriptive qualitative by using the Ethnographic approach, Data Collection is done by means of in-depth interviews to participants of observation. Furthermore, the data analysis technique is done by observation, interviews, and documentation. The results of this study can be seen that single mother as the head of the family in carrying out the function of informal education in the family did not fail to educate their children to carry out the life process by prioritizing informal education in the family. As seen in the family single mother can divide time and carry out two functions as well as socialize it in the community because single mother is the head of the family in carrying out the function of informal education in the family. The conclusion in this study is that the role of single mothers as family heads in carrying out family functions is successful in educating children to be successful due to informal education in the family.