Dealing with your child’s suicide can be a lot to handle, especially for younger parents. That being said, the past is set in stone and there’s no way to undo this. What you can do, however, is to try and move on the best way you can. And here you have a few tips that might be able to help you with the entire process. Have patience Time heals everything, yet most people don’t really have patience to reach that point. They want the pain to stop. You do need to take your time and grieve, it will help you cope with the situation and after a while you will be able to move on. It takes work and ef ..read more

While being a single parent is never easy, your ultimate goal is to make sure your children are happy. However, all of a sudden, your children don’t talk to you anymore. They are now teens and it can be tricky to know what they are feeling and thinking when they don’t just open up. While it is important to keep in mind that adolescence has its own ups and downs, it is also important to be alert and identify if something is wrong with your teen. The sooner you act, the better. Here are some things you can do to prevent your teen’s suicide: #1: Don’t Let Anxiety And Depression Take Over: Every c ..read more

Single parenting has its up and downs just as parenting is for those with spouses or partners. There are good days and bad days, but I’ve come to realize that there are a few downfalls, or negative aspects, to being a solo parent. Whether you’re a single parent because of a divorce, are separated from your ex or are a widow, here are a few negative single parenting problems you might experience: 1. Clinging To Your Children When you’re a solo parent, you do everything for your kids and are on parent mode every day of the week and minute of the day. Because you’re always switched on, you might ..read more

Your teen is very vulnerable and he can deal with depression and other problems. Which is why the best thing that you can possibly do is to encourage him and his endeavors. That might seem a bit hard to do at first, but it’s important and pretty much worth the effort. The reason is simple, depressed teens will always be pushed towards suicide, so you have to protect them. What can you do to help your depressed child? The first thing you need to focus on is to keep your calm. Depressed teens are always going to end up being very focused on their problems. So the main focus here is eliminating ..read more

It can be very easy to miss the signs of suicide and bullying nowadays. That’s because most of the bullying and pressure is rarely seen offline. In the online world is where most of the action happens and that can be incredibly problematic. At this point the only good thing that you can do is to take good care of your child and see any warning signs that might arise. What are some of the major warning signs? Those can be very hard to figure out, especially at first. But the main thing you want to check is the school results. If your child had great grades but now things are worse, then that s ..read more

Even though I’m a single mom, I have to give it up to single dads, too. They go through the same things we as single moms go through and might even harder given all the stereotypes of single dads. Either way, single parenting is anything but easy, so I thought I’d give it up to some famous single dads after doing another post on single moms that kick-ass! 1. Ryan Phillippe Although his ex-wife Reese Witherspoon moved on and is now married, hottie Ryan Phillippe is still living the single dad life! Sure, he has new girlfriends here and there, but his kids are the most important people in his l ..read more

Don’t be ashamed of your single mama status because there are plenty of role models to look up to! Even famous people don’t always live ideal or perfect lives. There are plenty of famous names out there rocking single motherhood and here are just a few names that are doing this parenting thing solo: 1. Jennifer Garner She was married to Ben Affleck for a total of ten years before they separated in 2015 and were legally divorced in 2018. She’s been single ever since and has legal custody of their three children. She hasn’t been linked to anyone else really famous, but she’s for sure rocking sin ..read more

Being a single parent is definitely challenging, as is parenting in general. But there are some challenges that make the experience even more difficult. As a single parent blogger, I’ve come across plenty of other single parents throughout the years and we’ve all experienced some of the same challenges that have connected us in ways that parents with spouses or partners don’t really understand. Here are some of the top challenges of being a single parent (specifically a single mom as in my case): 1. Having No One To Tag In When you have a spouse, you can usually leave the kids with them and t ..read more

It’s important to be a woman that lifts up other women instead of putting them down. It’s essential for women to lift one another up instead of competing with them. There’s room for all of us to succeed and if we don’t empower each other, then who will? The rest of the world is already trying to put us down, so why do we need to do it to each other? Being able to empower other women in your life says a lot about who you are! Women who are willing to empower other women are often more comfortable and confident in their own skin, thus helping them want to do the same for others. Here are some w ..read more

It’s time to let go of the taboo, the guilt, the shame and discuss what it’s like being a Parent of an Addict.  First, it’s the hardest thing for any Parent to endure. It’s filled with guilt, shame, and questions; man, do we have questions. Like why….why and how did this happen? Was it something I did? Could I have stopped it? Did I miss early signals? Is this my fault? Was I really that bad of a parent that it drove them to drugs to mask their pain? Did someone hurt them when they were a child, a teen, an adult?  Next it’s riddled with frustration….yes, frustration. Why won’t they take my ..read more