Recent Single Parents Blog | Education PostsEducation: Making Choices for Your Familyby Angel Lynn Diamond08 Feb 2009 10:50 AMSometimes the choices we have to make in life are not always good ones, but essential. Sometimes there is no other way. Does going back to school fit into your plans? Probably not. You are a single parent. Don't Let Teachers and Administrators Intimidate Youby Kori Rodley Irons22 Jan 2008 12:17 PMMy experiences as a single parent negotiating through school institutions have taught me that I have to be the number one and only advocate for not just my children, but myself and my single parent family as well. Taking Continuing Education Classesby Kori Rodley Irons16 Nov 2007 12:15 PMWe have written here in the Single Parents blog about the challenges and rewards of going back to college or taking higher education classes in order to improve one's situation, but we haven't talked much about other types of classes. Cooperating and Collaborating on College Applications and Financial Aid Formsby Kori Rodley Irons08 Nov 2007 05:17 PMGetting ready to apply for a child heading off to college is challenging for any family (not to mention the almost adult!)-but in single parent families, filling out all those forms and FAFSAs can have the additional challenge of needing to accumulate information from two homes. Higher Education Can Be a Priority for a Single Parentby Kori Rodley Irons31 Oct 2007 02:46 PMI will be absolutely honest and confess here that I don't know if getting my undergraduate (B.A.) degree has actually increased my earning power and potential or not. Time for Your Children's Back to Schoolby Michele Thorne23 Aug 2007 07:51 AMIt's that time of year again. Time for parents far and wide to get ready for the annual back to school rituals. There is a few things I wanted to go over for all the single parents sending their children back out to school. Expect to Start All Over Every School Yearby Kori Rodley Irons18 Aug 2007 03:24 PMI couldn't think of exactly how to title this blog--what I want to write about is how for a single parent, we often have to start all over each school year (even if our child doesn't change schools) with making sure that the school sends records to both parents, that our child's teacher understan... Single parents and College: Scheduleby Michele Thorne13 Aug 2007 11:54 PMYour schedule, as a whole, will need to be closely scrutinized when going back to school. You will have less time to spend with your child. Your child will be in child care more than s/he already is because you are a single parent and don't have the other parent there to help. Single Parents and College: Financesby Michele Thorne09 Aug 2007 08:50 AMA big concern for a lot of single parents is finances, and when you go back to school, those concerns can double. When you go back to school, you have to worry about tuition, books, gas, and extra child care on top of the financial things you already worry about. Single Parent and College: Child Careby Michele Thorne07 Aug 2007 08:46 AMChild care is a huge concern for single parents who want to go back to school. There are so many things to worry about when it comes to this. You don't have another person at home to watch the children so you can go to school at night or on the weekends. Recent Blog Comments ruthann8 says... "But I am terrified of the day we have to replace our roof!" |
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