Do you worry about your father-less son?

When we read this recent, emotional post by Los Angeles Single Mama –“What A Boy Wants, What A Boy Needs…” — we just knew that we HAD to share it with you. This thoughtful single mom — like many of you — is raising her son alone, without the involvement of this father.
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Do I have a Daddy?

A solo mom’s email landed in our Inbox this week, and here’s what struck us: her story is similar to ours. Her ex split town after she became a mom, and she has had no contact with him.
He has since remarried and now their daughter is almost two. This mother has tried to communicate [...]

When your ex suddenly appears via Facebook

This weekend, we received this urgent email from a single mom who could really use your advice:

Here’s what’s she told us:
“Everything I’ve read at @Singlemommyhood has helped me so much. Dr. Leah’s book is on my night stand. But I’m just at a total loss about how to deal with this situation.”
This single mom told [...]

Do you tell your kids the truth?

Whenever we hear about a parent who’s doing it all solo — without an ex in the picture — we get it. Both of our exes split town, and we’ve raised our kids alone since they were in diapers. Are you one of these parents, too?
So, when we recently read Formerly April Dawn’s poignant post [...]

Grieving an absent parent?

“My son hasn’t seen or heard from his father in more than three years,” begins an email we recently received from a single mom.
“I’ve always told my seven year old son that his dad moved away and I didn’t know where he went,” this moms goes on. “Truthfully, I knew that he moved in with [...]

Are you a married mom who feels like a single mom?

“I feel like I’m a single mom, although I’m married,” a mother recently emailed us.
She is not the first married mom to come to Singlemommyhood to confess that she, too, feels like a single mom (FLASM). Can you relate to this dilemma?
“My husband and I both work full-time jobs and then he decided after our [...]

Another absent parent dilemma

We are grateful to The Prisoner’s Wife for our guest post today.
She describes herself as “a mommy, scribe, and middle-school English teacher” who is “trying to cope with being separated from my beloved. We look forward to your feedback:

Many of us — single moms and dads — wrestle with how to deal with the [...]