Government Assistance For Needy Parents - Single Parents Grants It is not easy to raise a child or children alone. Single parents have to be determined and courageous for raising a child without a partner is a great responsibility. Family and relatives should be able to provide you with the support that you need to deal with parenthood and to make ends meet, especially if you are already a parent at a young age. Fortunately, the...more
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 will help parents.Sometimes it could be expensive to hire the kind of help that parents might need, such as household help. Some parents feel guilty about hiring someone to clean their homes or do their laundry. But parents who require help with some things are not failures. Far from it! They are being responsible and recognizing that getting help is going to benefit the whole family. Think about getting outside help running the household or getting outside parenting assistance in terms of a cost/time benefit analysis that a business would do for you. The cost of not receiving help is increased stress, scheduling problems, an inefficient household and fewer time to devote to loved ones. The price of getting help, the...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...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 parent. The single mother or father has no choice but to address these demands in order to survive and give a brighter future to the kids. Although difficult, at the end day of the day, it can be fulfilling to know you tried your hardest to give your family the best. The question is, how can this be done with one income only?Kids from single parent families experience various emotions which tend to affect their dealings with people. They develop a sense of insecurity and become shy and even a little afraid with people. Sometimes they would even feel that they are the case of the breakup of their parents and would mentally punish their selves for it. As a parent, it is your job to comfort them and make them understand that they have no fault at all and that things just did not work out well between you and your spouse. Assure them of your...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...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...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...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