Oct

25

Children and Boredom

Posted by singlemom

October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Do you here, “Mom! I’m bored,” often in your household? I do here, sometimes.
I have a theory:
It is okay to be bored! I just don’t want to continuously hear about it. It can become quite annoying.
What can happen when a child is bored?
Many things. They may make up games, make a new friend, play with [...]

Oct

19

Great Family Movies

Posted by singlemom

October 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Movie viewing is a great way to spend time together. As long as you regularly spend time hanging out with your children, and talking about important issues with them, it will not hurt to watch some movies with them.
I started my children and nephew out on the good movies when they were young, so they [...]

Oct

19

Parenting Books

Posted by singlemom

October 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I thought that I would share a few titles of some books that you may all find helpful. Raising children can be difficult, so I believe that we can use all of the help that we can get. I usually take bits and pieces from the books that I read and use them, whichever ones [...]

Oct

9

The Single Mom and Dealing with Stress

Posted by singlemom

October 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment

It has been a while since I have posted, because I have been having problems with my phone lines. I had been trying to find a day when I could reasonably be at home to have someone in to fix the problem, whatever it was, but time was not on my side. I have a [...]

Sep

28

Single Motherhood

Posted by singlemom

September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I was messing around online today and came across some news articles dealing with single motherhood. I thought that you all may be interested in reading them as well.
Confessions of a Single Mother
Single Mother Raises Three Special Needs Sons
Single Motherhood By Design
Some Women Choosing The Single Mother Route
 
I hope that you all enjoy the articles.
Shannon
 

Sep

28

Single Mothers Voting

Posted by singlemom

September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The upcoming presidential election is an important one. We mothers need to do our part and vote for whomever it is that we believe will do the best job. This is not so much about our religions, or our political parties, as it is about doing what is best. The future of our families, and [...]

Sep

1

Rewarding Good Behaviour

Posted by singlemom

September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment

My nephew spends a lot of time with me for various reasons: His mother works, goes to school full time, interns, and he doesn’t want to behave for her in general. His behaviour is usually pretty extreme, and he is hard to handle. He is staying here for a little while. He had a very [...]

Aug

20

Concerns, Issues, and Links of Interest to Single Mothers

Posted by singlemom

August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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 [...]

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