Becoming a father at age 19

This week, we’ve been honoring the *Dads* we adore through a series of Father’s Day guest posts. We do our best to keep it positive and upbeat here at Singlemommyhood. Yet, we’re also well aware that many of  you — including the two of us — haven’t had our kids’ fathers around to honor on  [...]

Have you been blamed for family stress?

When we received this email from a single mom reader this week, we got worked up. That’s because we understand this situation too well. We have a feeling that you do, too. So, this mom asked us to reach out to all of you for some help. Thanks! Here’s what’s going on: This single mom [...]

My family HATES the fact I’m dating a single mom

That’s exactly what this guy wrote this week in his comment at “Single guy (no kids) dating single mom.” This single guy commented about the fact that he’s dating a divorced single mom.  Their relationship is humming right along. And he’s already met her young son. Their difficulties are with his family: they don’t approve [...]

Devotion, a book giveaway

If you’ve been here before, you know that we love to give books away — And mostly we give away books about single parenting. Here’s the shocker: we’re taking a detour this week. That’s because this new memoir –  by a married mother — was written by one of Rachel‘s favorite authors. Dani Shapiro, the [...]

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 [...]

Who would take care of your kids in a dire emergency?

How would you find child care for your baby if life threw you a curve ball like this one? We’ve been following the story of Spc. Alexis Hutchinson in the news. Have you? She’d been arrested on November 6 for skipping her deployment flight to Afghanistan in order to take care of her infant son. [...]

Do you ever stop being a single mom?

Recently at Single Mom Seeking, Rachel posted about the number of single parent bloggers who have fallen in love. Your responses were fascinating — and we’d love to continue the conversation here. In fact, you might have heard the recent news about this one single mom we greatly admire: Kristin, the single mom blogger at [...]

Saying goodbye

Rachel at Single Mom Seeking recently called me for some advice about sending off her daughter at the airport for her first mother-free trip — and I gladly gave her some suggestions here. Saying goodbye is something that parents need to learn how to do — over and over. Whether it’s the first day of [...]

How much is too much on Facebook?

I’m a long-time Facebook user — while Dr. Leah is new on the Facebook front. And it appears that we’re having yet another little disagreement. See what you think. We’d love to know your thoughts on this one! So, this all started when Dr. Leah asked me: “Don’t you think that some parents overdo it [...]

We’re above those tactics

We realize that a certain blogger wants to bring traffic to his site — don’t we all? It appears that he did this to create controversy and traffic — and to get juicy comments longer than a phrase or two. Apparently, it worked. At Singlemommyhood, we LOVE controversy, too. But we’re all about focusing on [...]

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