single parents

Single Parenting: Self-Care

Single parenting takes a lot of time, energy, and strength, and it can be extremely draining. Sometimes you may feel like you are constantly racing to keep up with all of the responsibilities you are juggling. It is important to

Single Parenting: Seek Out Mentors

Your relationship with your child is important and can help them build trust, feel loved and cared for, and learn how to have healthy relationships with others. However, it’s also important to promote loving and trusting connections between your kids

Single Parenting: Regulating Your Emotions

Single parenting can be an intensely emotional experience, full of lots of ups and downs. It’s natural to feel a wide range of emotions any given day with the many responsibilities and life demands coming your way. Some moments will

Single Parenting: Create Ground Rules & Structure

Setting clear ground rules and establishing routines promotes structure and stability for your kids. When your kids know what to expect, it is easier to get things done, enforce discipline, and promote healthy interactions within your family. Whenever possible, try

Navigating Single Parenting: Series Introduction

Single parenting is becoming more and more common, with 34% of children in the US living in a single parent household in 2017 (KIDS COUNT, 2019). Single parent families are unique and diverse; they may be headed by mothers, fathers,

A Mother’s Day Survival Guide for Single Moms

By Christine Murray, HRI Director Holidays are supposed to be times of joy and celebrations. However, for people whose family circumstances aren’t exactly how they may want them to be, holidays can be really rough. In fact, holidays often highlight