I was not prepared to live as a single parent.

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The quote above is true about ANYONE! I was not prepared to live as a single parent of two young kids, but here I sit...a single mother of two kids. So, how do we cope with the daily rigors of single parenthood? ONE DAY AT A TIME! Sometimes, one second at a time!

This is the age of parenting alone. Divorce rates are up, and there are many people who are deciding to have a child on their own, because, let's face it, it's not so easy to meet "the one". Whatever the reason that you are raising a child on your own, you have to provide the sole source of paternal and maternal nurturing and guidance. There are so many pressures on the sole parent to live up to the traditional idea of family, but without the traditional element of a second parent. How do you give your child everything they need and still make time for yourself? It's hard enough for two parent families to keep their household running smoothly, so where does that leave a parent who is parenting alone?

Well, we are here to give you some facts and advice for parents on their own that we hope will help you to discover your single parent power.

There are so many studies as to the effects of single parenting on children, and we want to give you the facts, but encourage you to use your own logic and observations to decide how your child is dealing with being in a one parent household. This is NOT a one size fits all situation. There are many factors in single parenting dynamics.

Children who are raised by only one biological parent areworse off, on average, than children who grow up with both biological parents in the household. This is true regardless of the race of the parents or the amount of education they attained; similarly, it does not matter if the parents were married when the child was born or if the resident parent remarries.

At the same time, however, the problems often associated with children who grow up in one-parent families--poverty, failure in school, and juvenile delinquency--cannot be attributed to single parenthood alone. Being raised by only one's mother or father is but one of several things that can undermine a child's chances of future success. Living in a household with one parent does not doom a child to failure; many children from one-parent homes grow up to become productive adults, and to learn how to be an effective single parent just click on this link.

Like we said, there is a ton of research and statistics on children coming from a single parent home, and not all of it is positive. But, we want to provide you with articles that will help you make better choices as a sole parent for your children. We will give you tools, such as parenting plans that can be downloaded and classes that can be taken. We have also provided a page on common questions that single parents must face, with some information on how to deal with these issues.

And, let's not forget all about dating! Single parent dating is not easy! We hope that the information that we provide will help you with all your questions. We also have a "Do's and Don'ts" page, for those of you that have been out of the dating scene for a while. Dating takes time, so proceed with caution! All this is such important information, and we suggest you take your time going through this section, so you can be fully prepared, or at least you can catch up on what you haven't been prepared about.

As they say, don't shoot the messenger! This is not about you the single parent, but about your child, who is a product of the one parent household. And, because children are our future, we feel this is very important information.

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