Recent Single Parents Blog | January 2009 PostsSingle Parenting and That Magical Word: Sleepby Angel Lynn Diamond28 Jan 2009 07:34 PMEvery parent is a busy parent, but a single parent is most likely overwhelmed. You are alone and there is no one else to rely on 95% of the time, maybe even 100% of the time depending on your circumstance. We crave what we need the most and that is usually the thing that we get the least of. Single Parenting and Your Growing Child: It is Time for the Talkby Angel Lynn Diamond26 Jan 2009 07:20 PMSingle parenting, oh the joys! Another job that we cannot pawn off on anyone else and that is "The Talk". It helps if you are divorced in this case and the other parent is involved, but what if there is no other parent? Yes, I am afraid to tell you, you are it, again. You, Your Kids and Divorce: Coming Backby Angel Lynn Diamond23 Jan 2009 01:19 PMDivorce is difficult on everyone. It is a loss, but one that must be dealt with. Coming back to some stability after a divorce is a process. You are either feeling angry with your former spouse, responsible or hurt. It only he had not done that to our family. If only I had been a better person. Single Parenting: Boys and Girlsby Angel Lynn Diamond22 Jan 2009 06:36 PMI cannot say that I exactly know all about raising a girl because I do not have one. However, I have sisters, and I have several nieces and great-nieces and I am one myself, after all. I know a thing or two about girls. What I do know is that boys are quite different. Dads Raising Daughters: Daddy Make My Hair Pretty!by Angel Lynn Diamond18 Jan 2009 12:11 PMAny dad, but especially single dads are struck with a resounding panic when they hear these words from their little girl's mouths. Unless you have a natural ability for the styling of hair, you will panic too. Single Parenting: Single Parent Television Dadsby Angel Lynn Diamond14 Jan 2009 05:28 PMWhen you speak of single parenting what is your first thought? Most of you would say that your first thought is that of a woman raising her kids alone. It is true, the mother heads 84% of single parent families. There is a small group, however, of custodial single parent dads. Single Parenting and the Love Bugby Angel Lynn Diamond11 Jan 2009 06:58 PMIn A Place All Your Own You have finally accepted the fact that you are single again. Ugh, you do not like the sound of it, but there it is. You have acknowledged it and are trying to deal with it the best way that you know how. Single Parenting: Who They Areby Angel Lynn Diamond11 Jan 2009 12:57 PMWho Are They? According to the U.S. Census Bureau in the summer of 2007, there were approximately 13.6 million single parents in the United States alone. The children that they are raising total 21.2 million. This relates to 26% of children under the age of 21. Single Parenting and Homeschooling: It is Possibleby Angel Lynn Diamond08 Jan 2009 08:32 PMCan I Do It? The challenges of single parenting are multiple. Mix with this homeschooling and you cannot even fathom the thought. However, it can be done and is done by many single parents across the world. It is funny. The Other Parent in Your Child's Lifeby Angel Lynn Diamond04 Jan 2009 05:26 PMYour Feelings Talking about the other parent in your child's life probably causes you some type of stress. Depending on the circumstances, these feelings toward the other parent may be good feelings or bad feelings. Either way stress is most likely involved. Recent Blog Comments ruthann8 says... "But I am terrified of the day we have to replace our roof!" |
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