One of my biggest challenges as a mom is to teach my son about what women and men do all on my own. I provide, cook and clean for him. Lately, however, I’ve been finding him getting too comfortable with that. He was getting out of the shower. “Mom, can you get my underwear?” My response? “Get [...]
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“Welfare broodmares,” “crack-addicted thieves,” “parasites” and “cougars with kids in tow” are just some of the terms media personalities have used to keep the single mom myths alive. The myth of the broken home should have been debunked by now so I had to check twice that I wasn’t reading a 1980s article from Google News [...]
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You have decided to take the plunge and start dating again. Yes, you are a single mom whether by divorce, choice, widowed or the ever popular loser boyfriend. No matter how you got there you are now a single mom. Getting back out into the dating scene can be a bit intimidating. Things have definitely changed; [...]
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“What are you doing for Father’s Day?” “How are you going to spend the day?” As a single working mom, I’m sick of hearing about the holiday already. My relationship with my own father is great, but I’m talking about my son’s father. I’m sure that as single moms you have dealt with the negativity around Father’s [...]
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