Our kids don’t get along, and it’s breaking us apart

When we wrote a post called “Help! Our kids don’t get along!”, a new reader chimed in to ask for some help. If you’ve ever dated another single parent — or that sums up your current relationship — we know you’ll have some advice to offer. This comment left us shaking our heads: “I have [...]

A man is not a plan

Hi, it’s Rachel from Single Mom Seeking, and co-founder of Singlemommyhood. If you haven’t heard my news yet, I’ve just announced something big here. If there’s one thing my friends know about me, it’s this: while I’m such a giddy romantic, single motherhood has also turned me into a true realist. What I mean is [...]

The Package Deal

Izzy Rose — author of The Package Deal: My (not-so) Glamorous Transition from Single Gal to Instant Mom — is on a mission to change the image of the modern-day step mom. And we’re right behind her! Izzy describes herself as single “middle-class socialite” who lived in San Francisco. She loved her career as a [...]

Single mom getting remarried. Advice, please

Congrats to our single mom reader — who goes by “GregPeckFan.” She’s getting remarried in September! We both admit that we get weepy at weddings, and  love the fact that the ceremony includes a line that goes: “This is not just the beginning of a marriage, but the beginning of a new family.” GreckPeckFan is [...]

The ideal step-parent?

We’re so over Jon and Kate. Aren’t you? But we must admit that we did click on the Facebook photos of Hailey Glassman, Jon’s 22-year-old girlfriend, below: And we watched as the blogosphere ignited to attack Hailey Glassman as a terrible role model and an unfit prospective step-mother. Sure, it’s obvious: 22-year-old  Hailey is not [...]

When wedding bells (not yours!) are ringing

CoastalGal99 wrote us recently with some unsettling news: “My eight-year-old daughter came home from her dad’s this weekend and announced, ‘Daddy is getting married!’ I didn’t even know that he had a girlfriend! My daughter explained that she was introduced to ‘Daddy’s new wife.’ But she asked me if she should call her ‘Mommy,’ too. [...]

The Bachelor’s Jason Mesnick on his ideal woman

“The Bachelor” is set to premiere Monday on ABC with a two-hour special starting at 8 p.m.  If you haven’t yet heard, for the first time ever, the bachelor is a single dad. Jason Mesnick is the 32-year-old divorced father of a three-year-old son who lives in Seattle. The Seattle Times recently ran an exclusive [...]