A parent should be there to teach and guide the kid. They have a responsibility to make good decisions, keep the family safe, model good habits and be consistent in a child’s life so that the child can feel safe and protected even when faced with all the life challenges. Parents should make it possible […]
Motherhood is a humbling experience. It is a tremendous undertaking to shape the hearts and minds of our children. It can be stressful and challenging. Even the most calm of people can become anxious and tense. These challenges can also make as better people. Here are some changes that you may see: Accountability. When we […]
If you ask just about any parent how things are going in the life, they will probably tell you that they are staying busy. No matter what they say, it will probably contain the word busy. Families are becoming more and more stressed and they are spending less and less time together because they are […]
The devastation caused by breakups and divorces is compounded when children are involved. Single parenting can feel like the weight of the whole world is resting solely on your shoulders. And co-parenting can feel impossible, especially when bad feelings linger from the ended relationship. The difficulties are only compounded when one of you remarries. An […]
People are nearly unique in their ability to tell a lie. Animals can engage in selfishness, camouflage, and survival-related bluffing, but they don’t deliberately lie. But people lie often. Sometimes we tell little white lies told as an attempt at kindness. But sometimes it’s a huge, deceitful, maliciously intentioned lie that can tear lives apart. […]
Being a mom is challenging. Throwing “single” into the mix only increases the challenge. After a divorce, most womeon been focus on making the adjustiments needed to the “parenting” half of the title. But they don’t spent enough time addressing the “single woman” component of life after divorce. The thought of re-entering the dating scene […]
It’s a common complaint that daycares are failing to adequately prepare kids for kindergarten. Children are apparently arriving at school for the first time without the ability to hold pencils, unable to recognize letters and numbers, and unable to use the bathroom by themselves. In some schools, as many as 80 percent of kids are […]
I’ve been a single mom for a while now. Since the beginning it seems that I get to hear the same questions and comments lines over and over again. Here is a list of nine of them that single parents don’t find helpful, and really don’t need to hear again. “I couldn’t do it.” or […]
It’s inevitable. If you’re a single mom, you’re probably going to start dating again. But this time around, you can go about it armed with advice from other singles who are also parents and have successfully dated. Parenting is difficult enough. Toss in parenting a child by yourself and, well, harnessing a hurricane might be […]