Ideas For Single Moms To Practice Self-care As a single mom, it can be hard to find time for self-care. However, if you do not try to fit it into your routine, you will probably feel stressed out soon enough. Self-care can be different for every mom out there- sometimes it is bath bombs and lotion, other times self-care is relaxing with a good book and your favorite cup of tea. You can even practice these short routines during your busiest days if you can find a small chunk of free time. These are some ideas for single moms to practice self-care at home. Take a Walk If you have 15 minutes of f ..read more

7 Easy Tips for Moms on Virtual Learning for Kids With the state of the world right now, the odds are that your child is in Virtual School or learning from home. If you are not homeschooling them, they will be taking their classes online until they are safe enough to return to school. If this is a new experience for you, you are not alone! Plenty of moms out there are currently learning about how their kids can take virtual classes. Over 50% of public school students are either online or practicing hybrid learning right now. (Which means they are learning from home half the time and at school ..read more

A Great Mom, an Excellent Freelancer: Balance life Most people are drawn to freelance writing due to the flexibility that it offers you. No more graveyard shifts, overbearing bosses, and 9-5 weeks where all you want to do at the end of it is a collapse in bed with Netflix and some wine! With Freelance writing, you set your own hours, get paid by how much you work, and can create your own scheduling and pace. It’s the perfect job, and while it is still often full-time work, at least you have some measure of control. But whenever you are a mother, a single mother with a child, that can cause a p ..read more

Get Fit and healthy As A Single Mom  When you’re a single mom, it can be difficult to find time to work out, get fit, and stay healthy. Between work, football practice, and math homework, it seems that you’re constantly being pulled in a million directions. Nevertheless, it is important to prioritize your health. The key to getting fit as a single mom is learning how to incorporate healthy habits into your current lifestyle. If you make drastic changes overnight, you will be overwhelmed, give up, and see little to no results.  To help you avoid this ending, here are 5 easy ways to ge ..read more

Mom blogs are the number one favorite among single mothers all over the world. Not only are they informative and useful for millions of mommies and families, but they are also highly entertaining and fun to read. But while momblogs are a great source of income for thousands of single moms, they can also be risky. You see, the best mommyblogs and vlogs tend to have a lot of personal information on them. While this information is what makes many of these blogs interesting (and funny to read), it can be a nice juicy target for a lot of scammers, hackers, and cyber criminals out there who are l ..read more

Stay at Home Jobs For Mom Last week in our blog, we discussed whether it was a good idea for you, as a single mom, to consider looking for a job that allows you to stay at home full time. We asked hard questions, including “how would working from home affect your mental health?” and “how would it impact your career?” This week, we would like to cover the same subject, but from a slightly different perspective. We want to give you ideas on how to supplement your current income by making money online from home.  Here are some “stay at home mom jobs” that you can do during your off hours to ..read more

Useful Books For Your Kids Are you having a difficult time explaining the recent protests and race-related events to your school-aged children? It wouldn’t be a surprise if you did. They are complicated subjects that many adults wrestle with as well. Thankfully, some authors and poets have attempted to explain this complicated subject in the text of children’s books. Here are some to consider. A Kids Book About Racism by Jelani Memory Unfortunately, there are only a few reviews of this book on Amazon, but those that are available are positive. According to the description, the book discusses ..read more

Mommy, we know how you feel The summer of 2020 is here, and it looks far from ordinary. Your kids’ day or overnight camps may have been canceled, and this leaves you working from home with kids underfoot. As a single mom, there isn’t anyone else to tag-team into the equation. It’s just you, a full-time job, and bored kids. While some blogs would give you a list of educational activities and crafts that will entertain your kids for at least a half-hour, we know that many of those blogs are written by moms with extra time on their hands. Either that or they were written by ex-teachers who now st ..read more

How to Manage Homeschooling Has homeschooling been an eye-opening experience for you? You aren’t alone. Parents all over the country now realize why so many teachers suffer from burn-out or leave the profession altogether. As a single, working mom, you probably have dutifully made sure your child has completed his or her homework each night and have attended parent-teacher conferences. But up until now, you may not have been as intimately aware of your child’s educational process. After all, you are a full-time, working mom, and you had faith that your child’s teacher was taking care of your ..read more

Positive Mindset During COVID 19 Pandemic We know that many of you are frightened about what the Carona virus outbreak that is occurring in our world right now. In all honesty, we are scared too. You may wake up each morning with dread, not knowing what types of news are waiting for you on your smartphones. You may be monitoring your own health and your children’s health — paying attention to every cough. Worried about every chill. Perhaps you are concerned about the health of your parents or those who are immunocompromised.  We want to let you know that while the staff of MIdlife Single ..read more