Encourage Your Children! - Single Parents
Outside of the obvious - safety, love and well-being - I cannot think of anything more important that parents can provide than encouragement. Let's clarify this just a bit - I am speaking of encouraging them to explore their interests, set goals, ... [... more]
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Establishing Meaningful Traditions - Single Parents
The holidays - especially Christmas - can be hard on single parents. It seems that the number one priority of most people during this time of year is gifts - specifically, getting the right ones. But we all know that gifts are not the true ... [... more]
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Ideas to Cure the Winter Blues - Single Parents
Winter weekends and evening can be long, dark and boring for children and parents alike. We become stagnant in mind and body, choosing television and video games over conversation and activity. So what can we do during these cold, dark winter ... [... more]
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In Search of: Parent Opinions - Single Parents
Lately I have had the topic of dating on my mind quite frequently. For teens: first dates, curfews, interracial dating, the pressure to have sex. For adults: single parent dating, meeting people to date, examples set for children. Now, I am an ... [... more]
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Juggling College, Job and Parenting - Single Parents
I recently received an email from a single mom who would like to read more about single parents who are working, raising their children...and returning to college in order to obtain a degree for financial security for their families. As much as I ... [... more]
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Praise for Single Parents - Single Parents
I was driving into work this morning, running late, wondering what I was going to tell my boss. I have a new boss and while he is very nice and I am sure we are going to get along fine, you still want to be careful with the "new" boss. I [... more]
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Single Parenting in the New Millenium - Single Parents
Single parents face new challenges in the new millenium - challenges that parenting in days gone by didn't have to address. Sexual activity and sexual orientation must be addressed at earlier and earlier ages. While middle school was considered ... [... more]
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Supplementing a Single Parent's Income - Single Parents
Single parents are always looking for ways to make extra money. It is simply not easy to make ends meet in today's economy with one salary, especially when there are children to raise. Many single parents try "party" businesses like Mary Kay or [... more]
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What is the Perfect Parent - Single Parents
We all manage, sooner or later, to do or say something that we wish we hadn't or that we didn't really mean. Or perhaps it is simply a case where our actions or words are not taken as intended. Whatever the case, what do we do then? My mother was ... [... more]
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Surviving the Emotional Hardship of Being a Single ...
Parenting is never easy. There is no "job training." Most parents walk into parenthood with basic information shared with us by friends and relatives, but when it comes to practical experience, we are all clueless. Furthermore, children do not . [... more]
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Single Parent Support Groups - Single Parents
Support groups are incredibly important to the single parent. Support groups include anything from family members who are willing to give you a break by baby-sitting, a Mom's Morning Out program at church, a single parents' discussion group, or ... [... more]
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Single Parents Seeking Happiness - Single Parents
Finding happiness - real happiness - as a single parent seems to be a quality that eludes many. Yet is it something for which we all should strive. What does it take to be happy? I had a discussion with a close friend yesterday and we came up ... [... more]
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