If you're a single parent because of divorce, give your children ample opportunity to continue or increase their relationship with your ex-spouse.
More than half of the families
are single parent because the men leave (no honor, no courage, no values).
Many people are afraid to say that
they are single parents because of fear to be rejected.
Not exact matches
However, it
's not technically a ghost town
because it has a
single resident named Philip O'Connor, who has lived in the same house that his
parents and grandparents occupied.
These reductions for the lowest - income groups
were so large
because President Reagan doubled the personal exemption, increased the standard deduction, and tripled the earned income tax credit (EITC), which provides net cash for
single -
parent families with children at the lowest income levels.
«This report proves that children
are living in poverty
because the B.C. Liberal government
is clawing back child support from
single parent families living on income assistance and disability,» said Mungall.
And she went over and above,
because she needed to compensate for
being a
single parent.»
Funny, wallace, you mention science
because the left consistently refuses to accept the decades of social science research that says
single - and step -
parent families
are not in fact suitable alternatives to the the traditional 2 -
parent family.
Because there
are blended families, group families, and
single -
parent families — all of them constituted by people whose needs the churches aim to serve — one may become increasingly reluctant to hold up an ideal.
Because priestly love most closely mirrors the love of Christ Himself for His people, it has its own specific sorrows too, just as does married love, the love of
parent for child, and the apostolate of one called to
be single.
Because needy children deserve support no matter who raises them, the state, the business community and the law should support them wherever they
are located — whether with
single, married, divorced, cohabiting, same - sex or foster
parents.
And patting ourselves on the back
because we
're not divorced, or a
single parent, or a smoker, or a drinker, or struggling with porn, or an adulterer.
Single parenting is not hard because I'm s
Single parenting is not hard
because I
'm singlesingle.
I met a bunch of early 20s Mormon girls on a cruise and could tell they
were the moderate kind — they told me that their
parents had sent them on a vacation to find husbands
because they
were embarrassingly old to
be single.
I can't really say «I
am celebrating»,
because we
are parents for life, all day, every
single day, 365 days a year no matter what, but it
is what it
is.
I
am still feeding a 2 year old and have never had a
single comment that
's bothered me - I don't remember having a
single comment but it
's entirely possible that I've just missed them: - / It
's even more of a crying shame
because in my shoes, with intelligent
parents who don't exactly earn much but
are far from on the breadline, good food, plenty of books in the house, an employer who tolerates the fact I need stay off sometimes when my child
is sick, yadda yadda yadda... it
's not going to make a huge amount of difference to my little boy.
Single moms who
were strict about their religious beliefs also had better - behaved children, perhaps
because their
parenting style provided extra structure for their children...
And her children
are obviously abandoned and playing in traffic and with knives
because every
single parent is with their children 24 hours a day, even when they
are sleeping or in school or when the other
parent is with them.
If, in fact, you
're a traveling
parent, you have to call home every
single night to talk to your child
because children feel that when
parents are traveling for business, they think they
're in Disneyland.
Single parents simply do not have this luxury,
because there isn't anyone there to pick up the slack or give them a break.
While this isn't the healthiest way to deal with conflict with your ex, in particular, (
because you need to maintain some form of communication if you
're parenting together), it may temporarily
be necessary for
single parents who've tried everything else, to no avail.
No one knows the «right way» to
parent,
because there really isn't just one specific set of rules every
single parent can (or should) follow.
Because every
single one of the babies who died in
parents» beds did so under conditions KNOWN to
be unsafe for co-sleeping.
When I visited my family in May, I opted to bring along disposable diapers
because because single parenting on holidays
is hard enough without squeezing in the time to do cloth diaper laundry for two.
This
is because the camera can
be paired up with four other cameras and can
be monitored through a
single parent unit.
Some
single parents may
be at greater risk for resorting to shaming their kids
because of the tension that often accompanies communicating with your ex.
Kathleen, a
single mom,
was referred to the Nurturing
Parenting program
because she
was struggling to discipline her two young children.
If you
are a
single parent, consider employing a nanny
because otherwise, your dark circles
are never going to abandon you anytime soon.
But,
because it
is also true that a two -
parent households typically have some significant advantages over separate,
single -
parent homes, it
's worth asking: What if you could stay for the kids and lead your own life — possibly even having outside romantic relationships?
More than the decrease in couples choosing marriage, Sawhill's big concern
is the rise in
single parenting (
because let's face it — society doesn't care too much about what childfree couples
are doing; it cares about the kids).
Really, when you
are a
single parent on the front lines prevention, prevention, prevention
because by the time you get into the breakdown lane where your child
is having a meltdown and your
are the only
parent on duty and you got another kid to tend to.
«
Single - player games
are great
because kids don't always have a buddy or a
parent to play with,» says DiBartolo.
The
parenting niche
is fun
because it
is so diverse - there
are soccer moms, work outside the home moms,
single moms - and we
are a supportive community.
I also realized that just
because my own kids have a father who cares about them doesn't mean that there aren't other
single parents struggling with trying to protect their children from an abusive other
parent.
Some therapists seem to think married
parents are so important it
is perfectly okay for them to date
single people
because A)
single people
are desperate to
be in a relationship with anyone or B) It
is okay to do something unethical
because it
is important for married
parents to
be content and it
is up to everyone else to make sure that happens.
I
'm a
single parent, and we
are chronically sleep deprived (if there
are typos here it
's because I
'm so tired I really can't type — we
were awake most of the night).
There may
be some protesting, but for the most part, the
parent - baby pair move as a
single unit, each giving and taking in a fluid design of attachment
because, well, babies
are completely dependent on the
parent for everything.
Money
is something that
is often harder for
single parents because there
is one less of you.
You
were probably available
because your real
parents were: a) brainwashed, b) bullied, c) poor and offered no real assistance, d) drugged (
single women have had their babies stolen by social workers while they
were still medicated from childbirth), e) stolen some other way, f) some combination of the above, or g) all of the above.
For many
single parent families, holidays and weekends away
are out of the question
because of cost, but groups can offer a viable alternative.
Now this
is wonderful for
parents who still have one child and plan to have another baby,
because the City Select
is a gorgeous, functional
single stroller.
Couples and
singles choose open adoption first and foremost
because they want to
be parents.
, every
single phone call
is filled with statements like «Of course she
is still eating in the middle of the night — you've conditioned her to do that
because you actually give it to her», «I hear her fussing again — that
's because you carry her around too much», «If you keep breast feeding, none of the rest of us will every
be able to bond with her», «Her first word will definitely
be Moneth, since you
are working» (Moneth
is our nanny
's name), «She'll never crawl if you give her everything she wants all the time», «We gave you X, Y or Z and you turned out just fine», «Just let her cry — she has to learn X, Y or Z sometime», «You
're spoiling her
because she
is your first; just wait until # 2 comes along, then you'll
be a normal
parent».
Because those folks know that they have their own super powers in other areas; that they don't have to excel in every single aspect of parenting and life, because it's just not po
Because those folks know that they have their own super powers in other areas; that they don't have to excel in every
single aspect of
parenting and life,
because it's just not po
because it
's just not possible.
Unfortunately, many
single moms and dads have no choice but to do it all alone —
because the other
parent either isn't around or isn't involved.
From those who
were shocked by their diagnosis to those who
are utilizing assisted conception
because they
are single parents by choice.
The redesigned School Quality Reports give high marks to schools with pass rates in the
single digits
because the administration would rather give
parents a falsely rosy picture than admit schools
are not performing.
Such attacks
are unlikely to
be unleashed on Ms. Davids, an unemployed
single mother, and the NYC
Parents Union
because they have
been past allies of the UFT regarding
parent leadership, supporting the community schools initiative, pushing charter schools to enroll more special ed students, and keeping teacher evaluations private.
The 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries remind
parents to spend at least 15 minutes each day reading aloud to their young children
because research shows reading
is the
single most important thing you can do to help prepare a child for school and lifelong learning.
Because young families also need a room for their children, it
is those young
parents, mostly
single mums in their twenties, who claim the large majority of the housing benefit that Cameron
is seeking to cut.