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Do Your Current Coping Strategies Actually Work?

You may think that you have good coping mechanisms and skills to handle stress, tension, anxiety, loneliness or any other myriad issues that come up for the average single parent—but just because you have coping strategies, does not mean that they are the healthiest way to face things. They might be outdated or no longer useful. Maybe it is time to see if there isn’t a better way that you can handle the realities of your single parent life? It might help to remember that the coping strategies that “work” for us when we are younger, may not still work … Continue reading →

Preparing for Difficult Situations

It is not only single parents and single parent families who deal with difficult situations and circumstances, true—but there are some situations that we single parents get that the average two-parent family doesn’t: custody battles and conversations, court appearances, meetings with exes and ex-in-laws, possible counseling, mediation and therapy meetings, meeting with grief counselors, lawyers, etc.—you get the picture. While each of these circumstances is unique and each person’s life asks different things of them, there are things that we can do as single parents to prepare ourselves and our children for these difficult and challenging situations. I believe that … Continue reading →