<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Single Parents Blog</title><link>http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/</link><description>Being a single parent isn't easy.  No matter how you got there, you're doing a tough job alone.  Get the help and support you need here at the Families.com Single Parenting Blog.</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:13:46 +0000</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:13:46 +0000</lastBuildDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>When It Rains, It Pours</title><link>http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/when-it-rains-it-pours</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:40:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/when-it-rains-it-pours</guid><description><![CDATA[I had noticed it when I first pulled up the driveway a few weeks back.  I had hoped it would not get any worse.  Not knowing anything much about this thing, I did not panic.  The following week it looked worse.  Now I panicked. The topic of my interest?  My roof.]]></description></item><item><title>Self-Esteem Uplift</title><link>http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/self-esteem-uplift</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:51:08 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/self-esteem-uplift</guid><description><![CDATA[Most people feel very low and unworthy after a break-up with their partner.  If you have been left for another this is especially more painful.  It is common to go through feelings of feeling depressed, unloved, unattractive, and unworthy.]]></description></item><item><title>Single Parent, But Never Alone</title><link>http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/single-parent-but-never-alone</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:29:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/single-parent-but-never-alone</guid><description><![CDATA[There are times when you are going to feel very much alone in being a single parent.  There are going to be those days when you feel that nobody understands, not even the ones that you are closest to and that know your situation.]]></description></item><item><title>Decisions, Decisions</title><link>http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/decisions-decisions</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:11:07 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/decisions-decisions</guid><description><![CDATA[Being a single parent there is only one person who is making this decision...you and you alone.  If you make the right decision you can beam with delight.  If you make the wrong decision you want to kick yourself a million times over.]]></description></item><item><title>I Do Not Want To Know</title><link>http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/i-do-not-want-to-know</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:27:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/i-do-not-want-to-know</guid><description><![CDATA[Along the way on my path in being single I have learned many things.  This was not by choice, but rather out of desperation that comes from having to do things for yourself.  I hate it.  I hate not being able to say to someone, "It is broken.]]></description></item><item><title>Coming to Terms with Myself</title><link>http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/coming-to-terms-with-myself</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:31:54 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/coming-to-terms-with-myself</guid><description><![CDATA[I am going to go back in time a bit today.  It was the day that I realized that I could not do everything.  It was 1997 and I wanted to get my son one of those really great wooden swing sets for his birthday.  I scraped together money that I did not have and that I should not be spending.]]></description></item><item><title>Making It Through the Rain:  Sickness and Being Single</title><link>http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/making-it-through-the-rain-sickness-and-being-single</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:58:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/making-it-through-the-rain-sickness-and-being-single</guid><description><![CDATA[Being a single parent in itself is rough enough.  Compound this with any type of disturbance in your body and this only magnifies itself in an enormous way.  This out of the ordinary disturbance makes it that much harder to cope.  

I remember times of sickness when I first became a single parent.]]></description></item><item><title>Choosing Single Motherhood:  The Thinking Woman's Guide</title><link>http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/choosing-single-motherhood-the-thinking-womans-guide</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:25:52 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/choosing-single-motherhood-the-thinking-womans-guide</guid><description><![CDATA[Choosing Single Motherhood:  The Thinking Woman's Guide by Mikki Morrissette is a phenomenal book that addresses issues of moms who have decided to remain single and have children without a partner.]]></description></item><item><title>The Present Box</title><link>http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/the-present-box</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:27:13 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/the-present-box</guid><description><![CDATA[In a traditional family and an occasion arises that presents are called for, the other parent steps up to the plate, usually, and takes the child shopping for the celebratory parent.  They might also help them to make a gift and/or a pretty card for the event.  There is no problem.]]></description></item><item><title>State-By-State Insurance Help for Your Kids</title><link>http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/state-by-state-insurance-help-for-your-kids</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 00:41:39 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/state-by-state-insurance-help-for-your-kids</guid><description><![CDATA[Do your children have health insurance?  They need to if they do not.  A single parent is working so hard to make ends meet on one income, but going without health insurance for yourself or kids is not a choice.  One devastating illness can set you back financially for many years down the road.]]></description></item><item><title>Are You An Amazing Momma?</title><link>http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/are-you-an-amazing-momma</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 02:53:52 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/are-you-an-amazing-momma</guid><description><![CDATA[We are all amazing moms, but are you an amazing mom who is willing to share her story with the world?  There are various reasons why each one of us is a single mom.  Most of us did not choose to be that way, but circumstances in our life did not work out as we had planned them to.]]></description></item><item><title>S.P.I.N.:  Single Parents In Need</title><link>http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/spin-single-parents-in-need</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 02:11:25 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/spin-single-parents-in-need</guid><description><![CDATA[Being a single parent is a lonely road among the world sometimes.  Since there are so many single parents these days though, approximately 14 million, you just have to find the right company.  You have to know where to look.]]></description></item><item><title>On Raising a Son Alone</title><link>http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/on-raising-a-son-alone</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 21:46:37 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/on-raising-a-son-alone</guid><description><![CDATA[It is hard enough for a single mom to raise a daughter single-handedly, but what do you do with a son.  You want to teach him all the masculine aspects of being a boy, however, that is difficult to do when you are a female and do not even know how to do it.]]></description></item><item><title>Free Health Care in Arizona for Single Moms</title><link>http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/free-health-care-in-arizona-for-single-moms</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 20:53:07 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/free-health-care-in-arizona-for-single-moms</guid><description><![CDATA[Barely scraping by and living from week to week, paycheck to paycheck can discourage even the most upbeat single mother.  The rising cost of food and clothing, not to mention basic living expenses such as housing, heat, water, and other necessities uses up more than what you make in a week.]]></description></item><item><title>Single Parent By.......</title><link>http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/single-parent-by</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 02:18:15 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/single-parent-by</guid><description><![CDATA[There are several different categories as to how one becomes a single parent.  You are either a single parent by choice, a single parent due to never having been married for other reasons, a single parent due to divorce, or a single parent due to widowhood, the death of your spouse.]]></description></item><item><title>Help For the Single Mother</title><link>http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/help-for-the-single-mother</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 22:44:41 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/help-for-the-single-mother</guid><description><![CDATA[The costs of raising our precious children are staggering.  Over the years it has increased a great deal and this will only become more monumental in the years ahead.  A two-income parent family is almost a necessity these days for most families.]]></description></item><item><title>Things Not To Say (Or Do) To Your Single Parent Partner</title><link>http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/things-not-to-say-or-do-to-your-single-parent-partner</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 13:37:34 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/things-not-to-say-or-do-to-your-single-parent-partner</guid><description><![CDATA[If you are dating or have ever dated a single parent it can be a little tricky in the area of courtesy and respect.  There are, of course, certain things that should remain unsaid even though your brain is thinking it.  If you care about this person, zip your lip, lest you lose your Love.]]></description></item><item><title>Are You Dating A Single Parent?</title><link>http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/are-you-dating-a-single-parent</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 11:29:41 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/are-you-dating-a-single-parent</guid><description><![CDATA[Being a single parent has some unique challenges in addition to the challenges faced by two-parent families.  If you are dating someone who is a single parent, please read this so that you will understand better what a single parent deals with in his or her chaotic lives.]]></description></item><item><title>Letting Children Be Children</title><link>http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/letting-children-be-children</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 22:59:41 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/letting-children-be-children</guid><description><![CDATA[A common mistake that many single parents make is allowing their children to become their confidante.  This is an easy thing to do, as there are no other adults in your household.  This is not to say that you and your kids cannot share a close bond because you will.]]></description></item><item><title>Sharing the Load</title><link>http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/sharing-the-load</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 00:21:34 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://single-parenting.families.com/blog/sharing-the-load</guid><description><![CDATA[One of the worst things about being a single parent is trying to do everything yourself.  If you are fortunate enough to have someone help you, say an ex-husband or an ex-wife or good ole Mom, that is wonderful.]]></description></item></channel></rss>