Single Parents Blog

20 Aug 2008 06:10 PM

You Need to Find a New Best Friend

by Nicole Humphrey

Friendships are important in our lives and having one or two close confidants is a healthy thing to do for yourself. It is especially important if you are a single parent. Many single parents fall into the trap of trying to make their child their best friend.

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17 Aug 2008 12:35 PM

Myths About Child Support

by Nicole Humphrey

If you are a single parent with custody of your child, you should be collecting child support. However, that isn't always the case. Did you know that according to the National Coalition for Child Support, there is $89 Billion in past-due child support currently uncollected in the United States.

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14 Aug 2008 06:34 AM

Being Both Parents

by Nicole Humphrey

Single parenting is so much more common these days, than it was even ten years ago. Parents wind up as single parents in a variety of ways, but once common thing remains the same - often a single parent feels as if they need to be both parents at once.

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12 Aug 2008 03:15 PM

Finding Time For Yourself

by Nicole Humphrey

Sometimes as a single parent it is difficult to find or make time for yourself. There isn't anybody else to sit with the kids during homework time, or tuck them in bed at night. Single parents often feel as if they never get any time at all.

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04 Aug 2008 09:24 PM

Single Parenting is Hard

by Nicole Humphrey

Let's face it. No matter how hard we try, or what we say or do - single parenting is difficult. The world changes around us each day.

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31 Jul 2008 10:57 PM

Minimizing "Constant Drama"

by Kori Rodley Irons

I can honestly say that I am not really the "drama queen" type. That does not mean that I do not have plenty of drama in my life, however. With one child (of three) and a friend or two who cling to the constant chaos and drama state, I definitely have to cope and deal with it.

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31 Jul 2008 03:27 PM

Preparation and Stocking Up-From a Single Parent's Point of View

by Kori Rodley Irons

In my years as a single parent, there are a few strategies that I have found quite beneficial-not only do they make my life a little easier, but they give me peace of mind and just make good sense. Wherever possible, I try to make sure that I do not run out of important things.

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31 Jul 2008 10:25 AM

A Death in the "Other Family"

by Kori Rodley Irons

Even though we may be separated or divorced from our child's other parent, most of us single parents are not ever completely separated from our ex in-laws or the "other" family.

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30 Jul 2008 02:53 PM

Rights of Passage for a Single Parent Family

by Kori Rodley Irons

When you look back over your years as a single parent and when you map the history of your family, chances are it will be those rights of passage that you remember-the firsts, the graduations, the shifts and changes that mark the major and important elements of family life.

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29 Jul 2008 10:34 PM

It is the Ones Who Don't Have Kids Who Seem to Know the Most

by Kori Rodley Irons

I was talking with a couple other single parent friends of mine and we had a grand chuckle comparing some of our dates and attempts at relationships from our experience as single parents.

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