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Five tricks to teaching your child courteous communication

By Faye Rogaski

Respect for yourself is the foundation of respect for others. Lead by example and show your child that YOU respect yourself and take good care of yourself each day. It’s not what you say, it’s what you do.

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9 Cash-Saving Tips That Pay Big Bucks

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The expression "a penny saved is a penny earned" doesn't cut it these days. But saving a few dollars here and there can add up...

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TheOnlineMom.com offers parents and consumers a guide to the top-rated, age-appropriate, kid-tested and parent-approved tech toys and gifts.

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Teach Your Kid Confidence - from Birth

By Cynthia Ramnarace

Even Babies Can Be Confident. What can you do when your child is an infant to help him develop the confidence to "try, try again"?
Create a predictable routine. When your baby knows that after having his bath he'll be fed and then go to bed, he doesn't have to worry about what's going to happen next. Instead, his mind is free to focus on mastering new skills, such as how to get his belly up off the floor so he can crawl.

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Cutting Grocery Costs without Cutting Nutrition

Simple, healthy, and affordable ways to weather the rising price of food

Karen Collins, R.D., American Institute of Cancer Research

Grocery prices are projected to increase again in 2008 – that’s following 2007’s highest annual increase in 17 years. But surviving these tough economic times doesn’t have to mean sacrificing good nutrition. Some simple strategies can help you cut food costs and eat more healthfully, too.

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Madlynn is Kid of the Month

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Single Moms - find here resources on financial aid, scholarships, help with basic needs, food, prescription drugs, health care, housing, legal info, and much more...


Financial Help and Free Grants Frequently Asked Questions


SingleMom.com™ welcomes all Single Moms! We've receive countless of emails on a daily basis from single moms that raising children while struggling on the daily basis with no support from the society. How hard they try to live one day at the time and try to make the best for their children. Many asking for advice and more, so we've decided to dedicate a special page to answer these questions. It's an advice corner where our staff & visitors like you will address the concerns of single moms.

 

So THANK YOU for visiting our website. We are proud to be a place where you can turn to when you need someone to talk to. We wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for your support throughout the years. Once again, thank you for your support and we will try our best to make this website your site of choice for resources, information and advice for you and your family.

 

SingleMom.com™ staff & volunteers.


Financial Help Questions


All these questions are original from our visitors like you:

Question 1: I'm really in need of assistance for school and personal reasons I have no means of transportation and I have no money for myself?

Question 2: Does anyone know where I can get grants for purchasing a home and to pay off bills?

Question 3: I'm a single mom and I just got accepted into the nursing program that starts this Aug. I have to go 5 days a week to classes! How am I going to work too and pay my bills?? Are there any grants or help for me out here??

Question 4: Help, I am in college and unemployed and need help paying bills while I am in school?

Question 5: Need to leave my husband, but I have been stay at home mom for almost 3 years now. I have no money, no credit cards, no family to help. I do have a car. I am so desperate. I am at the end and I do not know where to go. My husband has cut me off from everything to include my email. So I had to start a new one. I have to stay in this town because my son goes to school here. I need daycare so I can find a job and need to find a place to live. Please try to help me My husband is very moody, yeah I know who isn't, it's just that he could care less if the children are around. I am trying not to disturb my children lifestyle. This is not their fault. Can you help?

Question 6: I am just beginning to scratch the surface. Right now, I'm between a rock and a hard place and it feels like I have no where to turn but bankruptcy. I don't want to do that so that's why I'm searching. I am glad there's a website devoted to the single mom. I hope I find something to help me get back on my feet. My daughter deserves something better than what I'm giving her at the moment. Any help?

Question 7: I am 19 and I work full time and have a 2 year old at home. I have no diapers and very little food. I am trying everything I can to get help and to make more money. But I am staying in this position. I have finally gotten to my breaking point and I have to ask for advise. I am working almost all the time and it seems like it is just getting worse. If you have any advise PLEASE HELP!!!!

Question 8: I am a desperate single mom who cannot work due to having to for my multiply handicapped daughter. I was going to school for the last three years and recently earned a Bachelor's degree in Human Services. I was working up until February 2005 when due to my frequent absences I was forced to leave. I have been searching in vain for financial help. I absolutely will NOT place my child in a institution but there is no help available for moms in my situation. Can you offer any advice?

Question 9: I am a single mother with a 1 year old daughter who father killed himself before she was born and all she gets is 200.00 a month for SSI. I am a full time student and work for a penny job making 6.0 a hour and I have bills and more bills. I need some kind of help. Can you all do that for me?

Question 10: I would like to start a small business with an invention that I have I don't have any money to fund this so I would like to apply for a grant could you please help me?


Answer:

Thanks for writing to us. We're a non government Website and a not-for-profit organization which we try to collect as many information as possible to provide single moms & visitors like you to visit. All our information is based on contributors, volunteers & visitors like you.


Here are some valuable resources:


The WIC program for women, infants & children - www.fns.usda.gov/wic/ - They offer variety of helps through local agencies & offices with toll free number & much more.

Government Benefits. Check your eligibility - search for benefits you maybe able to receive from the government.

Phone: 1-800-333-4636
Open: M-F 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM EST
www.govbenefits.gov

Government Grants. Find and apply for a government grants - This site allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies.

200 Independence Avenue, SW
HHH Building, Room 739F
Washington, DC 20201
Phone: 1-800-518-Grants
Open: M-F 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM EST
Website: www.grants.gov

Best wishes.


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Utility Prices are Significant Expenses

by Randi Lynn Millward

I don't know about you, but my electric bill is sky-high. I've been running around the house unplugging everything in sight so as not to incur charges from my appliances using "phantom energy".

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Because you are somebody special!

by Annette Bridges

Since my trip to Italy, my husband and I have enjoyed a delicious breakfast routine that often includes French toast, fresh fruit and a yummy cup of cappuccino.

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Our Friendships

by Laurie Cesario-Overton

We all have those days when we get overwhelmed and it seems like every time we turn around there is another problem.

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3 Money Rules for Stay-at-Home Moms

As we all know, life is unpredictable. We lose jobs, get divorced and even become widowed...
Here are three steps stay-at-home parents should take to better manage their own and the family’s finances.

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You May Have Too Much Debt But You Also Have Options

How Life Works

If you feel like you're in over your head with personal debt, you're not alone. Millions of Americans have become overextended, many as a result of easy credit and the recessions. Credit cards, medical bills, personal loans and raising interest rates do not make a good financial mix.

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Could fat babies mean fat toddlers?

A new study from Harvard Medical School found that babies who gained weight quickly had a sharply higher risk of obesity. The study followed close to 600 babies and found those in the top quarter of weight for their length at 6 months had a 40 percent higher risk of obesity by age 3 than smaller babies.

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Offer to barter

Dr. Marie - Advice for Pet Owners

A vetʼs office is a business that requires a lot of services. In many cases your vet may be willing to barter in exchange for veterinary services.

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How to Find the Best Car Loans for Single Moms

Financial Advice for Single Moms

The best car loans for single mothers might be just around the corner at your local car lot.

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Crystal Bowersox - A Single Mom And A Real American Idol

Read how the amazing Crystal Bowersox. the runner-up of American Idol Season 9, handles fame and life as a single mom, raising her 17 month old son.

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5 Ways for Single Moms to Save Money

Single moms are always looking for ways to save money, and for good reason... It’s important to find ways to cut corners on the little things that perhaps you don’t think about too often, because those are usually where your biggest money drains are.

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Suze Orman's Recession Rescue Plan - helps you survive in times of financial crisis

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Do you know what your family would do if you lost your job - or worse, your home? Financial expert Suze Orman is ready to help you devise a recession rescue plan to survive - and possibly thrive - during this deepening financial crisis...

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Your Just-in-Case Emergency Plan

by RealSimple

Who do you call if you can't make it home in time to meet the kids' bus? Who do you trust to take in your mail when you're on vacation? Who do you trust with the extra set of keys to your house?

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How to save $10,000

By Liz Pulliam Weston

If you were hoping for a list of small tweaks you could make in your spending to save $10,000 a year, sorry. The reality is that $10,000 is a lot of money. And saving big money usually means making big changes in the areas where we spend the most, such as: Housing, Transportation, Food.

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The Super, Sexy, Single Mom on a Budget

by Renee Rayles

A quick reference guide designed for the busy, single mom who has

little time to read while running the mom taxi, cooking dinner, helping with homework, and trying to fit in a date night every now and then.

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Single Mothers &
Male Role-Models / Mentors

Single mothers carry an enormous load of responsibility, especially those having sole and/or primary custody of minor children. They nourish, they nurture, they teach, they discipline, they shelter, they protect, and they provide… all without the assistance of another equally-invested adult.

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Mom's Obesity Raises Newborn's Heart Risk

from the National Institute of Health

The more obese a woman is when she becomes pregnant, the greater the likelihood that her newborn baby will have a congenital heart defect, a new study suggests. The finding raises concerns because 1 in 5 women are obese at the start of pregnancy in the United States.

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The 10-Ingredient Shopping Trip

By Tara Parker-Pope and Mark Bittman

... In his latest “How to Cook Everything” segment on the Today Show, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman makes it surprisingly easy to cook a week’s worth of dinners with just a 10-ingredient shopping trip.

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Your 5-minute guide to protecting your identity

20 steps to protect yourself from identity theft, and seven ways to clean up things if you become a victim.

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Single Moms in the News

6 Best Celebrity Single Moms
Read about Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock, Michelle Williams, Reese Witherspoon, Kimora Lee Simmons, Mary-Louise Parker... read more

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw

by Jeff Kinney

For those wondering why tween boys don’t read very much, the answer is that more books aren’t like this...

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