There are many different reasons why public school may no longer be working for your family. Some of these reasons may have to do with the school, and some may have to do with your family. Do any of these situations sound familiar to you?

You work nights or shift work and don’t get to spend much [...]

Are Schools not Taking Mother’s Seriously

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August 20, 2008 | 2 Comments

This is a topic idea that my sister came up with. She, like myself, is a single mother. She does not feel that the school that her older son attends takes her seriously. Her younger son is homeschooled, possibly partly due to this issue.
My daughters attended public school when they were younger. I did notice [...]

I hope you are all having a nice day. I have provided many links for your enjoyment under the Mom section of the links, as well as my homeschool site link under the Home Education links. These will be helpful to you.
I intend to discuss more in depth many issues concerning single motherhood in this [...]

A Yard Saling We Will Go

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August 19, 2008 | 2 Comments

What could be better than getting together with friends? Getting together to save money!
My best friend and I try to go yard saling once a year. We sometimes pack a lunch and snacks and drinks to bring with us, so we don’t have to spend money on food. Other times, we may opt to go [...]

Downtime Between Work and Home

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August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment

When I worked outside the home, it didn’t take me long to see that I needed some downtime. As a single mother, I was not getting this at home. I needed time between work and home to unwind.
This was not easy, because I rode home from work with my sister and we had to pick [...]

Scheduling Time for Yourself

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August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Stay-at-home mothers need to have at least a small break every day, especially if they are also single. Taking care of our children is the most important job that we will ever have, but to do this well, we should be able to take a break each day so that we may relax and get our thoughts [...]

We All Need Some Down Time

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August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

When children are old enough, work-at-home mothers will do good to schedule themselves some down time every day. Older children can be counted on to either watch a movie quietly, or do some reading or writing in their rooms.
In all honesty, even young children can be taught to play quietly in their rooms for twenty minutes [...]

Foam Butterfly Magnets

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August 18, 2008 | 2 Comments

I hope to soon be able to post photographs of the crafts that we are doing here. Right now I am drawing on past projects that we had made as gifts for people, and I regret that I do not have photographs.
Foam butterfly magnets are easy to make if your child can draw butterflies, or [...]

The Teen Years

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August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Welcome to the teen section of the Single Mom blog. Teenagers are special, wonderful children who still need guidance from mom. It is very important that we continue to be there for our children throughout their teen years. It is also important to try very hard to stay close with them at this period in [...]

Trail Mixes

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August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Trail mixes are very easy for even young children to make. That is because there is no measuring, and they can mix them up with their hands. Very young children may need help opening ingredients and placing the mixes into snack size baggies, but my ten year old nephew can do all of the steps [...]

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