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Single parents and College: Schedule

Your 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. No matter what degree you are going for, you will have to take the classes that are listed for you to take. These classes are only during certain times, and you only get to pick from what’s available. This isn’t even mentioning that you still have to … Continue reading →

Government Grants for the Single Parent

Unfortunately, obtaining information about single parent grants can be challenging. As the number of single parents continues to rise, the need for assistance, specifically in raising the children also increases. For many single parents, trying to go it alone on a single home income can be stressful, which is why the government has developed a number of grants to help. The good news is that you can secure financial support by proving that you need it in the help of raising a child. Without a second income, offering a child all the good things of life is hard, which is … Continue reading →

Traveling Single Parent, is Homeschooling a Good Idea?

Salena asked the following. I have a question, I am a full time auditor Mystery Shopper. I make between 2000-4000 a month and it’s not about Money, at all BUT I am always on the computer or traveling. My daughter is simply failing the 7th grade in Private school. When I travel, I need to take my Daughter with me because I have no support. My sister is a Full time teacher and is willing to oversee. Is homeschooling a good idea for my daughter as she wants to travel with me when I go. No father, he is dead. … Continue reading →

Finding a College to Fit Your Needs as a Single parent

Currently I am half way through completing my Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology leading to licensure as a Marriage and Family Therapist. Tonight begins my ninth class. The way my school schedule works is that I attend school two nights per week for four weeks, then move on to the next class. It is intense and a lot of work but I get done quicker and am able to attend full-time and also work full-time. I completed my Bachelor degree just last year at the age of twenty-nine. I moved to California from Arizona at the age of eighteen and … Continue reading →