Sentences with phrase «time as a single mother»

You need a community that understands what you're going through — a community that's ready and willing to swap tips and trade advice on everything from breastfeeding woes to the best brands of diapers to how you can successfully (and unapologetically) carve out solo time as a single mother.

She had two further children, both sons, with whom she lived, most of the time as a single mother, while she tried to make a living from her painting.

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As a single mother, I don't have the time to make 2 dishes or wash 2 sets so I need to find products that don't have either.

There are 12 times as many cohabiting couples today as there were in the 1970s and 40 percent of first babies born to single mothers are born to cohabiting couples who rarely make it past five years; in fact some two - thirds of the unmarried moms split from the child's biological father and start a new relationship before the kid is 5 years old — how do we «save» those families?)

Thanks for sharing this, I had my son's tongue tie snipped thrice as well and feel like a failed mother since it reattaches every single time.

As a single first time mother, i can honestly say that myself, my daughter and her father all have a great relationship, despite the fact he and I are seeing other people and live two hours apart.

According to the Census Bureau, in 2012 the poverty rate among children living with only their mother was 47.2 %; by contrast, the poverty rate among children living with their married parents was 11.1 %, meaning that a child living with a single mother was almost five times as likely to be poor as a child living with married parents.

Daughters raised by single mothers are more likely to engage in early sexual activity and become pregnant; their brothers are twice as likely to spend time in jail as their peers raised by married parents.

I know you were a single mom for just over a decade — how did your time as a single mom inform your approach to mothering?

Raised by a single mother without a lot of money, she moved around a lot, spent some time homeless and got into lots of trouble as a kid — you know, acted out, got put in the «slow» class in sixth grade.

But mothers in urban, poor and minority areas often face unique challenges as well: the sheer logistics of finding time to breastfeed, perhaps while juggling single motherhood and working a service job where it's difficult to find a private, clean place to use a breastpump, for example.

This means that even if a single mother is stressed or overwhelmed in her role as a parent, it does not predict how much time she will spend with her child.

Take some time to think through the following questions as you prepare to raise your child as a single mother.

Wilson, a first - time candidate from Keene, has made her blue collar background a bedrock of her candidacy, touting deep local ties and familiarity with kitchen table issues — like what it means to work two jobs as a single mother, for instance.

It's not just because I haven't found anyone good enough to let into my child's life yet, it's because dating as a single mother is ten times more complicated and confusing than dating as a single person.

I'm a 44 yo single mother and I work full time, plus as much overtime as I can.

Single mother onf one finishing school working part time as and sale associate and cashier I love working.

As Mother's Day approaches, it's time to take a look at the online dating behaviors of single moms and what their children think of their dates.

As a single mother with Tom Cruise's powerful shadow looming over her, future suitors might have an easier time trying to date Batman's ex.

Im a single dad of 2 i have a 19 yr old son and a 13 yr old daughter and i'm a full time student going to college to get my AS degree in Culinary Management to be a Chef and eventually on to my batchlors degree i also take care of my mother she's very ill and has to go threw dialysis tratments 3...

Angelina Jolie — Angelina Jolie is single and not interested in dating, a source tells PEOPLE... «We all have our difficult times, but as a mother you also have a responsibility first and foremost towards the kids.

I am a single mother of three girls, work full time, paralegal student, volunteer as director of cheer as well as coach my team.

As a single mother, I don't have time to go on dates or get out and meet new guys, even.

Im a single mother of a two year old girl also i like spending as much time as i can with he but i done love learning new things.

You spend your time raising your children and they love you for that, but how do you celebrate Mother's Day as a single mom.

I am a single mother of 3 recently divorced I love to four wheeler ride, camp, fish, enjoy time at home, do alot of family functions, movies, cuddle up on the couch with the little ones and maybe someone special as well I am not into drugs and don't want someone that does them I am a Bigger white wo...

Starring Viola Davis as an embattled family court judge with a fraught marriage of her own; Hayden Panettiere as a recent law - school grad flung into a custody case; and Catalina Sandino Moreno as the single mother at the center of the case who risks losing her two children over an ill - timed argument.

Starring Justina Machado as Penelope with the legendary Rita Moreno as Lydia, «One Day at a Time» tells us the story of a Latina single - mom as she strives to keep her family moving forward with the help of her mother as they navigate life in Los Angeles.

Some of you may have seen his first two features — the teen - drama / time - travel film The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and the techno - apocalyptic dysfunctional family dramedy Summer Wars — but the director tops himself with his third and latest film Wolf Children, a stunningly beautiful, unabashedly sentimental, and surprisingly complex story that works as both a coming - of - age film and a study of the trials of being a single mottime - travel film The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and the techno - apocalyptic dysfunctional family dramedy Summer Wars — but the director tops himself with his third and latest film Wolf Children, a stunningly beautiful, unabashedly sentimental, and surprisingly complex story that works as both a coming - of - age film and a study of the trials of being a single motTime and the techno - apocalyptic dysfunctional family dramedy Summer Wars — but the director tops himself with his third and latest film Wolf Children, a stunningly beautiful, unabashedly sentimental, and surprisingly complex story that works as both a coming - of - age film and a study of the trials of being a single mother.

said Ms. Broughton, a single mother in southeast Cleveland who works part time as a nursing assistant while studying for her nursing degree.

No less than 24 percent of all American children are living with a single mother, a percentage that is roughly the same as it was for the black community at the time Moynihan wrote his report.

.67 and graduated Magna Cum Laude after 4 years of working 3 part - time jobs and raising 3 children as a single mother.

The federal EITC has been around for a long time, but now 25 states, as well as Washington, D.C., have created their own EITCs to help families that struggle to make ends meet, including households led by single working mothers.

As a single mother then with a massive amount of debt and a income of $ 40,000 (at that time) I had to file Chapter 13.

As a single mother who often works long hours, I didn't have enough time to devote to my divorce and custody case.

Exhausted, angry, frustrated, distracted at work at a time when focus on the job is paramount, the resultant stress builds and eventually snaps as single mothers, good mothers, fail to honor the fact that they, too, require nurturing from both internal and external sources.

As a single mother, she worked full time while attending the program and taking care of her children.

There are 12 times as many cohabiting couples today as there were in the 1970s and 40 percent of first babies born to single mothers are born to cohabiting couples who rarely make it past five years; in fact some two - thirds of the unmarried moms split from the child's biological father and start a new relationship before the kid is 5 years old — how do we «save» those families?)

The reasoning behind this proposition is that: A) EBHV programs are designed to serve women categorized as «at - risk» due to a variety of demographic factors, including single - parent household status, age at time of first pregnancy, being categorically undereducated, under or unemployed, and meeting federal standards of living at or below the poverty line; B) these programs serve women during pregnancy and / or shortly after the birth of their children, offering an excellent chance for the early prevention of trauma exposure; and C) intervention services are provided at the same times that attachment (whether secure or insecure) is being developed between mothers and children, providing the opportunity that generational risk may be mitigated.

Single mothers were also 1.17 times as likely (95 % CI, 1.02 - 1.34) to have positive screens for depression than mothers who had at least 1 other adult in the home.

Shirley Liu and Frank Heiland find that among couples unmarried at the time of the child's birth, marriage improved cognitive scores for children whose parents later married.41 Terry - Ann Craigie distinguishes among stable cohabiting unions, stable single - mother homes, and stable married - couple families, as well as unstable cohabiting families and unstable married - couple families.

Rapid changes in the characteristics of parents over time also could result in different selection biases in terms of which parents (both mothers and fathers) have children when married or when unmarried (for example, as the pool of parents having mediators), instability appears to be most important (with the worst outcomes found for children of unstable single or unstable cohabiting mothers).

For low - income families headed by single mothers, the associations between maternal employment and children's cognitive and social development tend to be neutral or positive, but much of this difference is a function of pre-existing differences between mothers who are or are not employed.2, 3,4,5 The effects of maternal employment on children's development also depend on the characteristics of employment — its quality, extent and timing — and on the child's age.2, 6,7 On the other hand, poverty has consistently negative associations with young children's development, but here, too, there is considerable controversy about the causal role of income per se, as opposed to other correlates of poverty.8, 9,10,11,12,13

In an examination of four nationally representative samples in the USA, McLanahan and Sandefur (1994) showed that adolescents raised by single mothers during some period of their childhood were twice as likely to drop out of high school, twice as likely to have a baby before the age of 20 and one and a half times more likely to be out of work in their late teens or early twenties than those from a similar background who grew up with two parents at home.

I first got interested in public policy in graduate school, when I realized I had a unique perspective as a single mother and survivor of domestic violence who has utilized public assistance to raise my children through tough times.

Fact: «Single mothers spend similar amounts of time engaged in primary child care as married mothers.»

As a single mother at the time, it was a pretty scary time.