I have just got off the phone with my daughter, and now I am in tears. My daughter is three and a half years old, and yesterday I dropped her off with her father across the other side of the country. She will stay with him for six days. As a single parent, saying goodbye to my child is really hard.Continue Reading →
With Father’s Day fast approaching, this can be an anxiety inducing time for many single mums. Particularly the single mums that have their children all the time, and their children’s father is either not in the picture, or not very involved in their children’s lives.Continue Reading →
The Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast is coming. It’s a Podcast for single mums, made by a single mum. But I’ll tell you more about the Podcast at the end. First you need to know how to listen to it.
Podcasts (as we know them) have been around for over 10 years, but have gained popularity in recent years through shows such as Serial. A Podcast is essentially an audio show (released as episodes) that you can download or stream for free.Continue Reading →
The best thing I did when I became a single mum was to meet other single mums. Having a young baby, I found I couldn’t relate to other mothers as much. We had different challenges. All my friends either didn’t have children or were partnered up. I did have one friend who was a single mum, but her children were in primary school and she had completed the baby phase a long time ago. So I sought out meeting other single mums with children around the same age as my daughter, but I had no idea where to find them. Continue Reading →