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Advice on Single Motherhood
There was a time when women who wanted a child more than anything had to accept a loveless marriage to fulfill their dreams. Other women had to accept remaining childless their whole lives because they...
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Practical Answers for Single Moms Raising Kids on the Autism Spectrum
April is Autism Awareness Month and according to the advocacy organization, Autism Speaks, autism is a complex neurobiological disorder that typically lasts throughout a person’s lifetime and is part...
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Single Mom Meets Budget: Where You Shop Matters
Does It Matter Where You Shop? (yes, but not in the way you think). We check out how to save money shopping. Have you ever had a conversation like this? I swear, most single moms have. To this day, I...
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Keep the Married Name or Change it?
I never really liked my maiden name: a German derivation I always had a hard time pronouncing. So when I got married, I was secretly thrilled about ditching the old name and moving up in the alphabet...
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Healthy and Yummy School Lunches
While conducting research for my new book, Dr. Susan’s Fit and Fun Family Action Plan, I discovered that parents struggle with how to pack a healthy school lunch that their kids will actually eat! I...
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6 Tips Every Newly Single Mom Should Follow
If you’re a newly single mom, chances are you never anticipated being one. However, the odds are stacked against us all when we get married and have children. Divorce rates are holding steady at 50%...
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What Single Moms Need to Know About Sexting
Do you know what sexting is? If your child has a cell phone (or will have one at any time in the future) you should know what it is and how to talk to your child about it! What is sexting? Sexting is...
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A Guide to Bonding With Your Teenage Son
Bonding with your teenage son may be difficult, as most teenagers are of course hard to deal with. Many parents do not know how to communicate with or how to deal with a teenage son. It is crucial at...
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Alone But Not Lonely For the Holidays
The editor of Single Minded Women asked me to write a piece about “surviving” the holidays as a single mom. Good choice on her part because I am a PRO at it! Counting this year, I will have celebrated...
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Tome of the Mommy: The Fighting of the Tree
For some of us, holiday rituals are our happiest memories. For others, they are the flint that sparks our greatest fears. Maybe memories of unhappy holidays past haunt us. Or maybe we stress out at the...
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Sometimes it is Okay to NOT Answer Your Child’s Question!
I recently received a distraught call: “My daughter wants to know if the Easter Bunny is real. I don’t want to lie, but I don’t want to spoil her fun.” Parents confront the dilemma of how much ‘truth’...
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Top Five Ways to Be Green this Holiday Season
You probably already know that you should buy rechargeable batteries for gifts that require them. You also know to set your indoor and outdoor holiday lights on a timer to conserve energy costs....
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Single Moms and the Holiday Blues: Lifting Your Spirits
Mistletoe? What mistletoe? Some single moms may find themselves alone for the holidays due to custody arrangements.And it may be hard-well for some, impossible-to be cheery, while visions of the...
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Holiday Toy Alert: Keeping Children’s Eyes Safe
“You’ll shoot your eye out,” is one of the memorable lines from the holiday classic, A Christmas Story. Little Ralphie Parker hears this taunting admonition repeatedly after he presents his “What I...
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Online Dating Tips for Single Moms
A few years ago a girlfriend and I decided to try online dating at the same time. For some reason trying it together seemed to kill the stigma that we couldn’t get a date without some type of...
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Single Moms, Jealous Children
It’s all but too common that single moms will feel the need to push love away because they are overly concerned that their children will be jealous or upset with them for getting involved again. While...
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Single, With Children: Returning to the Dating Scene
When my marriage ended, I couldn’t wait to start dating again. After throwing one bad fish back into the sea, I imagined a bounty of great catches. I knew what I didn’t want, so hooking the right guy...
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Advice on Single Motherhood
There was a time when women who wanted a child more than anything had to accept a loveless marriage to fulfill their dreams. Other women had to accept remaining childless their whole lives because they...
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iPad Parental Controls
You love your iPad, and the kids do too. However, you’re hesitant to hand over your tablet because various disaster scenarios keep popping up in your mind: Your preschooler deletes all of your apps....
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