The Pain of Watching Your Parents Age Most often middle aged individuals have less patience with their aging parents than they do with their kids. This is most sad in many ways. Is it because our parents have in some respects outgrown their usefulness? It may seem that way by our actions sometimes. If you take a really close look at it, and perhaps analyze your feelings a bit in respect to your aging parents, you may understand...more
Learn How to Handle Stress as a Parent KNOWING When you Need HELPNo parent ever wants to admit they need help. Parents are supposed to be indestructible aren't they? The pillar of the family can't be seen as needing help after all!Well, that's just not true. We all need help, and effective parents know when you admit they want help. There are lots of different kinds of help, and there's no shortage of resources available that...more
Signing Is Even for Dads, Grandparents, and Nannies! It's usually the moms who initiate signing with their babies/toddlers and the dads who adopt a "wait and see" attitude. Dad usually is impressed when his little one demonstrates a sign or two, but is more likely than Mom to write this off as a fluke. Still skeptical; one magical day, Dad finds that when he least expects it, his baby/toddler starts making odd gestures with his hands. At first Dad is terrified that his little one is on the verge of a meltdown, but he soon realizes that his baby is signing to him. Dad proudly proclaims his child to be a genius and repeats the story to all who will listen. A signing convert is born!Grandparents can become very supportive of a child's signing. My father-in-law, a serious businessman, was very skeptical when he first saw me using baby sign language with my daughter. "Why should a hearing baby need sign language?" he asked. It was too difficult to try and convince him, so I didn't even try. But just as I suspected, he soon saw the benefits first hand. When my daughter used her first signs - long before she could speak - he was simply amazed. She told us, using sign...more
Single Parent Grants: Addressing the Future When relationships or marriages break up, the number of single parents rises up as well. What is quite alarming is that everywhere in the world, regardless of nationality, race, tribe and religion, children are raised by either a father or a mother. Raising a child on your own is said to be...more
Single Parents: A Challenging but Rewarding Job Single parents always experience financial difficulties especially in raising their kids because there is only one income that pays the necessary bills. Expenses for food, housing rent or amortization, utility bills and the kids' education can be financially challenging to a solo...more
How your State is Helping you by Giving Single Parent Grants The United States government is recognizing that it is not easy to raise a child, let alone children, on your own. That is why, each state in the USA are providing single parent grants to those who are qualified to receive one. These state programs are primarily designed to aid the single parents in their struggle and to help their children to grow healthy, safe and well provided for.Here's a summary of the state programs that are available in the country today. Look for your state and see the best programs available for you.Raising your kids while working is really a hard ordeal most especially if you cant afford a nanny or a baby sitting program. Several states are offering affordable or free day care services which you can avail. These day care services are usually subsidized by the government, like the one in Alabama (Office of Child Care Services)One that can also trouble single parents is the health of the children or theirs. There are state programs that offer free or subsidized health coverages for young children, expectant mothers or other family members. There is also one in Alaska that provides...more
The Effects of Single Parent Families Raising a family is hard enough but its doubly challenging when you're dealing with it as single parents. There are several effects that you will have to live with and there are several challenges...more
The Facts of Being Single Parents There are some hard facts that surround single parents. For example in the US, there are nearly 14 million single parents today that are raising more or less 21.6 million children. Of these single...more
The Struggles of Being Single Parents Demographics alone will tell you that families being raised by single parents are fairly common in the society today. In latest statistics, it was found that there are actually 13.7 million single...more
How to Become Effective Single Parents It's not easy raising a kid or a bunch of kids single-handedly. There are lots of emotional, mental and physical stress that one has to face while dealing with your life and your job as a single...more
Survive Single Parenthood By Being Financially Prepared Nobody says it is easy being a single parent. Moms who recently went through a painful divorce should know this very well. Although the terms have been settled, the emotional...more
Troubles Affecting Single Parenting There are so many troubles that single parents have to face. First would be the unexpected emotional weight left by the event. The ones who have to deal with the pain are the parents and the kids....more