“My baby is two months old, and I was wondering how soon I can start getting her accustomed to the water?” Parents with newborns often ask this question – how soon can the baby be introduced to the water? There are a number of issues … Read More »
Parenting Advice, Tips and Resources
Parenting is a very serious and important responsibility of parents. For single mom this responsibility is more difficult, as they are the only parent around. They have to play the roles of educator, enforcer, caregiver, comforting parent. Read here advice on how to handle parenting issues. This section also provides information on parenting children with special needs, homeschooling, parenting resources for all ages, and much more.
Living with Intention and Improving the Quality of Your Life
by Danielle Marggraf, Leave a Comment
What is intention? Intention is a purposeful mind and action that makes you aware, awake and conscious. You are mindful and it allows you to slow down, feel more grounded and more in control of your life overall. Small seemingly insignificant … Read More »
Moving Up: Making a Smooth Transition to Middle School
by Amy Field, Leave a Comment
As a parent, you’re likely tuned in to your child’s feelings about transitioning to middle school. This change may mean staying at the same school and moving to a different building or floor, going to a new school at a different location or even … Read More »
My Very Own Cane and Able
by SingleMom.com, Leave a Comment
I have two daughters; they were born three years apart. Three years ago I separated from my husband and the girls live with me. So far so good. Oh ! I forgot one small detail, my daughters hate each other. This hateful behavior is not something that … Read More »
Things Best Left Unsaid
by SingleMom.com, Leave a Comment
I am not a single mother. I have been married for 20 years now and have three grown kids, the youngest of which is Arlene. Yet I felt the plight of a single mother. Her tears and her pains have made me weep too. My youngest daughter Arlene was a … Read More »
Are Your Children Ready For School?
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The most important information parents and children need when going to school is how to protect children from sexual abuse perpetrators. Every year throughout the world several hundred children are sexually abused (sexually assaulted) by teachers, … Read More »
Soccer Mom Practices Civility On The Sidelines
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I couldn't believe the words coming out of her mouth—well, almost couldn't. I was sitting next to my friend Barb, while we watched our daughters' varsity soccer game. Her loud, angry criticisms, directed towards the field, went way beyond the line … Read More »
Basic Ways to Connect with Your Teenager
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Living well expert, Sandra Magsamen says the basics to connecting apply at any age. Hug, sing, dance and tell your child you love them. Even if your teen acts as if they can't stand it, she promises you it's something they love and need. Use these … Read More »
No Child’s Play
by SingleMom.com, Leave a Comment
I read somewhere that over 820,000 teens give birth to children each year in USA and I remember thinking what fools, how can they let this happen? I was sexually active since the age of 15 years but this did not mean I did not know about … Read More »
How Being Divorced Has Made Me a More Conscious Parent
by Danielle Marggraf, Danielle Marggraf, Leave a Comment
There are a lot of lousy things we can complain about when it comes to being a single mama. I for one have probably complained about all of them (more then once but who’s counting). As I was getting my little ones ready for their weekly … Read More »
Is Your Child watching too Much TV?
by SingleMom.com, Leave a Comment
The television has rightly been called the idiot box and this is why as single moms we have to be very careful that we do not expose our kids to this problem. While a little television is fine for kids and may even help them relax, going overboard … Read More »
Is Your Child Old Enough to Travel Alone
by SingleMom.com, Leave a Comment
As parents we tend to worry about our kids and their safety all the time. It does not matter if the kid is a toddler or a teen ager, mothers will worry if they are in a secure place or not. While younger kids demand a lot of attention and adult … Read More »
Raising an Adopted Kid
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As a grownup I realized that I had a hostile uterus and was not able to conceive. Even the term was bizarre but after trying to conceive for over three years, my husband and I decided to opt for adoption. When we got Jasmine home, she was three … Read More »
Death and Its Many Wounds
by SingleMom.com, Leave a Comment
For my baby girl there were two mommies in the house. My mother was a widow; we lost my dad when I was 13 years old. When I became a single mother at the age of twenty one, my mom took over Alisa as her own. I went on to do college, take up a job and … Read More »
The Difficult Child of the Divorced Mom
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I am a single mother. I have a job. I need a job to pay the bills. I have a seven year old boy called Tudor who is on the autism spectrum. On a daily basis my life is about sending my son to school, then going off for work. Then picking him up from … Read More »
No One Can Do It Alone
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My dad passed away when I was eight years old. My mother was left behind with a large farm and three kids to cater to. I saw this lady go through so many traumas in trying to seek help from relatives and neighbors and friends that somewhere I … Read More »
Siblings Rivalry That Almost Burnt the House Down
by SingleMom.com, Leave a Comment
I know it is common for siblings to fight and disagree with each other. I know that particularly because I have five siblings and we fought like cats and dogs as kids. Even today though all of us are parents we will often get into heated debates and … Read More »
Finding The Right Learning Tools
by SingleMom.com, Leave a Comment
I don’t know if there is a kid in the world who likes math. Most I met hate it and mine have added science to it and made it even more difficult for me to see a good grade on their report card. As a single mom I do not get enough time to teach my … Read More »
Striking a Balance between Work and Play
by SingleMom.com, Leave a Comment
Children need to study and they need to play too. Unless this balance is right the child is going to suffer in some way or the other. As moms we do not want our kids to ignore their academic front and at the same time would not like them to become … Read More »
Dealing with Bullying Episodes in School
by SingleMom.com, Leave a Comment
Bullying episodes may not be very common in school but yes they are present and sometimes our kid can be on the receiving end and sometimes on the giving end. While parents will step in when the child is on the receiving end, we tend to not bother if … Read More »
