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What are the Qualities Needed for a Single Parent?

I thought it might be fun to talk about some of those personal qualities that come in handy for the average single parent. Of course, we are all different and we all bring different skills and talents to the table. Also, many of the qualities that make for a great single parent are also helpful in two-parent parenting too. Still, it could be fun to talk about those qualities and skills that we have found to be beneficial in our roles as single parents… I know that in my stint as a single parent I have developed sides of me … Continue reading →

Who Is Really Afraid Here?

I wrote earlier this morning about how as parents we can have more compassion and understanding for our young children as they start to develop and exhibit what seem like “irrational” fears. As I was writing, I couldn’t help think about how we sometimes create fears for our children or at least contribute to their fears with things that we say and do. Sometimes, the fears our children exhibit and share are really our own… Take, for example, stranger danger and the fears we have about our children getting “taken” or “stolen” from us. Using this strong, fearful language with … Continue reading →

Exposing Our Kids to Other Single Parent Families

We may be adding to our children feeling “different” and our isolation as a single parent family without even realizing it. Look around your world and see how many other healthy, happy, single parent families your own family interacts with? It is important for our kids to see other single parent families, and for us to help normalize our family’s existence. Of course, all families tend to do things differently—the point is not to try to find a mirror for our own family, but to let our children experience different life-styles and see how different family configurations can be healthy … Continue reading →

Sexual Violence Awareness Month.

October means many things to different people, Fall, Halloween, Christmas shopping time, just to name a few. October in our house means that it is Sexual Violence Awareness Month – a busy month for me that ends with the International Reclaim the Night march on October 27. Each year, October’s awareness raising focuses on a particular aspect of sexual violence. This year the focus is “Stop incest.” I hear this message loud and clear. Turnaround defines incest as: Any overtly sexual act between people who are closely related or who perceive themselves as being closely related (as in relationship between … Continue reading →