A single dad wonders about grown-up sleepovers. Help!

Oh, yes, those grown up sleepovers.
This has to be one of our most popular topics at Singlemommyhood. We get plenty of emails about this situation — and you’ve chimed in about your own feelings regarding adult sleepovers.
So, now it’s time for us to address yet another angle: What role do your kids’ feelings play [...]

Keep listening or take action? We disagree.

Dr. Leah was quoted in Newsday recently as a parenting expert — and her advice hit me hard. Yes, I understood her perspective, and I always value her opinion.
But I would’ve acted differently.
Here was the question: “What should a mom do if her tween son comes home and reports that he over heard two other [...]

Sexting and the art of parenting

In case you didn’t know, “sexting” is the clever name for the act of sending, receiving, or forwarding naked photos via your cell phone.
We understand this is a concern for many parents.
Sexting is apparently – gulp! – not uncommon among middle school kids. Apparently, because kids are sending ” child images,” they are transmitting child [...]