How to Become a Good Single Parent It is not easy to handle family life as a single mother. Normally, single parent families have to deal with a lot of stress and pressure and emotional setbacks every time the memories of separation are brought up. While there are 83 percent of single mothers in the US alone, there are only 16 percent of single fathers which make you realize how serious single parenthood must be. Rather than...more
Financial assistance to single parents Some families become a single-parent household for a variety of reasons: death of one of the parents, divorce, or abandonment, among other reasons. As every single parent knows, being the sole support of the family is sometimes a tough responsibility. This is especially true of financial responsibilities. The world has evolved such that the days when only one parent brings in income and the...more
Making life easy for single parent families It used to be that the norm for families is having two parents and the only reason a single parent household exists is if one parent dies. Now, for a variety of different reasons, there are more and more single parent families. Yes, some of these families have had one of the parents die but there are also some that have had marriages ending in a divorce as well as some that have been abandoned by one of the parents. Because one of the means of support of the family is gone, life can be demanding to single parents. There are many worries that a single parent can be inflicted with. There is the fact of whether they can or cannot date again. Romance can be tough to deal with, and it is especially true when children, particularly those who are not receptive to the idea, are involved. There is also the fact of having to explain to young children what happened to the other parent. The nasty details surrounding a divorce is not normally something that a young child needs to hear, and so the single parent is reduced to making up a story or simply not saying anything. Perhaps the most pressing concern a single parent has is...more
Looking for and qualifying to single parent grants Everybody knows that it can be difficult living in a single parent household. Compared to two-parent families, there are more challenges that they face, especially with regard to finances. It is not unusual to find single parents who receive no help from the other one in providing...more
Do We Look For Our Parents Traits in our Partners? There has always been the fascination that we look for some traits of our parents in our partners, but just how true is that notion?My view is that we do all become parents eventually, and as they found each other through love surely we would look for certain attributes in a partner...more
Giving a chance to single parent families These days, there are more single parent families than ever before. It has become so common that barely anybody reacts to knowing about any such family. Gone are the days when it is frowned upon, despised even. However, despite the fact that this kind of family unit has become common, single parents still have to deal with the usual problems present in most other families. And as far as finances are concerned, a single parent probably has it tougher. This kind of family unit exists for a number of different reasons. It may be because one of the parents passed away, the marriage fell apart and ended in a divorce or one of the parents abandoned the other parent and the child or the children. For whatever reason the single parent household exists, statistics show that the number of single parent households have multiplied in the past decade alone. The fact that the income of the family comes from only one person is sure to be tough on any family. It is probably even tougher that the adult in the family has to juggle jobs just to make ends meet. Surely, anyone doing this will not have time to be physically with his or her...more
Baby Care Basics – A Guide For First Time Parents Planning for a baby and introducing a new life into the world is always encouraging and exciting. It's an overwhelming experience for both the parents. And more overwhelming is the...more
Useful iPhone app for hi-tech device equipped parents Even use it to monitor when older kids arrive home from school, etc. The applications are unlimited. It also will detect if your baby picks up the phone. Great for curious toddlers...more
Smart Parenting Tips Have you find yourself like your kids when you were a child? Maybe they do the same thing as you are. You want them to grow in a disciplined manner, being a God-fearing child of yours. And build a tight bond...more
Single Parent and Getting Past The Fear Becoming a single parent is a shock. It doesn't matter whether it is through a broken relationship or as result of the loss of a spouse. It also doesn't matter whether you are the Mom or the Dad,...more
Taking Care Of Aging Parents It took me a while to see it. Having to repeat the same things to my mother several times, sometimes because she didn't hear what I said, others because she didn't remember that I had already told her. ...more
Are Your Own Parents To Blame for Your Dating Dilemmas I believe that we have all picked up habits from our parents that either help us or hurt us in our love lives. Even if it wasn't our parents, we all did pick up habits and...more