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Surviving and Thriving on the Single-Parent Journey by Kathlene Seney-Williams Pdf
"Insightful, honest and very down-to-earth. I so wish there had been a book like this when I was a single dad." Steve Legg, editor, Sorted magazine This is a book that comes alongside the reader as a travel guide and walks through the journey via a step-by-step approach. Walking the Single Parent Journey offers the reader a chance for self-discovery, of coming to terms with the pains and effects of the past in order to boldly face the challenges that lie ahead. The book discusses the everyday struggles and issues that single parents face, whilst offering advice and tips on managing and dealing with them successfully. The author encourages the reader to create systems and put strategies in place to help make life easier, drawing on her own experiences.
With the growing number of single parents each year, Dawn Isenhart provides insight into the world of raising a child on your own. Whether your are a single mother or single father, the basic principles of this book will offer inspiration, wisdom, and courage which applies to all single parents. In Surviving Single Parenting, you will follow a path that will show you how to: *strengthen yourself *deal with your emotions *be aware of your child's feelings *structure your life as a single parent *survive the difficult times *show gratitude for your blessings *learn how to make your child and yourself the best you can be
Six Steps to Surviving Single Parenting by Valerie Magness Pdf
The hardest job a person can ever have is parenting. Especially if you are a single parent. Constantly working and never sleeping. No matter how tired you are the kids are always hungry and the dishes and laundry never go away. It seems like you will never get your turn! Don't even think of taking a shower by yourself. Have to go to the bathroom? I don't think so! I want to share my story with you. I want all the single parents to know this is possible. I am a survivor and I want to help you too become a survivor.
When Emma Johnson's marriage ended she found herself broke, pregnant, and alone with a toddler. Searching for the advice she needed to navigate her new life as a single professional woman and parent, she discovered there was very little sage wisdom available. In response, Johnson launched the popular blog Wealthysinglemommy.com to speak to other women who, like herself, wanted to not just survive but thrive as single moms. Now, in this complete guide to single motherhood, Johnson guides women in confronting the naysayers in their lives (and in their own minds) to build a thriving career, achieve financial security, and to reignite their romantic life—all while being a kickass parent to their kids. The Kickass Single Mom shows readers how to: • Build a new life that is entirely on their own terms. • Find the time to devote to health, hobbies, friendships, faith, community and travel. • Be a joyful, present and fun mom, and proud role model to your kids. Full of practical advice and inspiration from Emma's life, as well as other successful single moms, this is a must-have resource for any single mom.
Welfare mothers are popularly viewed as passively dependent on their checks and averse to work. Reformers across the political spectrum advocate moving these women off the welfare rolls and into the labor force as the solution to their problems. Making Ends Meet offers dramatic evidence toward a different conclusion: In the present labor market, unskilled single mothers who hold jobs are frequently worse off than those on welfare, and neither welfare nor low-wage employment alone will support a family at subsistence levels. Kathryn Edin and Laura Lein interviewed nearly four hundred welfare and low-income single mothers from cities in Massachusetts, Texas, Illinois, and South Carolina over a six year period. They learned the reality of these mothers' struggles to provide for their families: where their money comes from, what they spend it on, how they cope with their children's needs, and what hardships they suffer. Edin and Lein's careful budgetary analyses reveal that even a full range of welfare benefits—AFDC payments, food stamps, Medicaid, and housing subsidies—typically meet only three-fifths of a family's needs, and that funds for adequate food, clothing and other necessities are often lacking. Leaving welfare for work offers little hope for improvement, and in many cases threatens even greater hardship. Jobs for unskilled and semi-skilled women provide meager salaries, irregular or uncertain hours, frequent layoffs, and no promise of advancement. Mothers who work not only assume extra child care, medical, and transportation expenses but are also deprived of many of the housing and educational subsidies available to those on welfare. Regardless of whether they are on welfare or employed, virtually all these single mothers need to supplement their income with menial, off-the-books work and intermittent contributions from family, live-in boyfriends, their children's fathers, and local charities. In doing so, they pay a heavy price. Welfare mothers must work covertly to avoid losing benefits, while working mothers are forced to sacrifice even more time with their children. Making Ends Meet demonstrates compellingly why the choice between welfare and work is more complex and risky than is commonly recognized by politicians, the media, or the public. Almost all the welfare-reliant women interviewed by Edin and Lein made repeated efforts to leave welfare for work, only to be forced to return when they lost their jobs, a child became ill, or they could not cover their bills with their wages. Mothers who managed more stable employment usually benefited from a variety of mitigating circumstances such as having a relative willing to watch their children for free, regular child support payments, or very low housing, medical, or commuting costs. With first hand accounts and detailed financial data, Making Ends Meet tells the real story of the challenges, hardships, and survival strategies of America's poorest families. If this country's efforts to improve the self-sufficiency of female-headed families is to succeed, reformers will need to move beyond the myths of welfare dependency and deal with the hard realities of an unrewarding American labor market, the lack of affordable health insurance and child care for single mothers who work, and the true cost of subsistence living. Making Ends Meet is a realistic look at a world that so many would change and so few understand.
Single Parents and Their Children by Bella DePaulo,Bella Depaulo Ph D Pdf
"Single Parents and Their Children" is a myth-busting, consciousness-raising collection of articles that defies all of the stereotypes that diminish and degrade single-parent families. Drawing from scientific research, Dr. Bella DePaulo shows that the dire predictions about the fate of the children of single parents are grossly exaggerated or just plain wrong. What's more, there are ways in which the children of single parents are doing better than everyone else. That's the good news no one ever tells you. Professor DePaulo has been described by Atlantic magazine as "America's foremost thinker and writer on the single experience." This book includes more than a dozen of her most influential writings on single parents and their children. Essays inspired by the daughter of a single mother and guest articles by independent parent Tricia Parker are also featured. Bella DePaulo's articles originally appeared in her popular "Living Single" blog at Psychology Today and her "Single at Heart" blog at PsychCentral, as well as in the Guardian.
The Single Dad's Survival Guide by Michael A. Klumpp Pdf
You May Be Single, But You’re Not Alone. Being a great dad is challenging enough when you’re part of a two-person team. But now you’re raising your kids single-handedly. How can you provide the emotional, physical, and spiritual support your children need, cover all the details of running a household, and still earn a living to support your family? Being a solo dad could easily be the toughest job of your life. The good news is you’re not alone. Inside this book you’ll find the support, advice, and encouragement you need to succeed. Here are practical solutions for everything you’re facing–from conflicting emotions to day-to-day time management. You’ll find useful pointers on a daughter’s unique needs, a son’s inner struggles, and even how to recruit trusted friends to pitch in. With plenty of humor and real-world insight, The Single Dad’s Survival Guide will show you how to expand on your natural, built-in abilities so you can come out on top as a parenting team of one. • Find logistical help on everyday challenges, including finances, family schedules, household management, and staying on top of your work. • Take advantage of practical guidance on everything from supporting and nurturing your kids to protecting your own emotional health. • Learn how to get past anger, hurt, and fatigue to stand strong as the man your children need most–a man who provides security, stability, and spiritual guidance during one of the toughest times in their life. It’s all here to help you succeed as a solo dad. Single parenting takes everything you’ve got–so learn how to give it your all.
The Single Parents Guide to Survival, Sanity and Success by Tracey Mitchell Lyles Pdf
In her inaugural publishing effort, Tracey Mitchell Lyles' "The Single Parents Guide to Survival, Sanity and Success" addresses many challenges and themes facing today's single parents in a very sincere and down to earth fashion. Ms. Lyles does an exceptional job of sharing small tidbits of her personal trials while helping the reader find the love and lesson in each one. The book is unique in that Ms. Lyles begins each chapter with a quote regarding parenting from such notables as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Katherine Whitehorn, and Jessie Jackson to name a few. In drawing upon her personal experiences as a single parent, from dating to managing finances to climbing the corporate ladder, Ms. Lyles has added colorful comments and antecdotes of tried and true family members to deliver sage advice wrapped in a very inspirational context.
The Single Mom's Workplace Survival Guide by Brenda Armstrong Pdf
"Every Mom is a Working Mom." But never before have circumstances forced so many moms to raise their children single-handedly, which usually includes holding down a paying job in addition to taking care of the home and kids. Book jacket.
Night Buddies and the Pineapple Cheesecake Scare by Sands Hetherington Pdf
When pineapple cheesecakes start disappearing from the world's only Pineapple Cheesecake Factory across town, Crosley, a zany red crocodile, enlists the help of young John Degraffenreidt to straighten things out. In this adventure-fantasy, the unlikely pair sneaks out of John's house by becoming invisible, thanks to the I-ain't-here doodad Crosley uses from the bunch of whatchamacallits hanging on his belt. On the way to the subway they get better acquainted, and John finds out the wacky reason Crosley is red, and also what happens if he gets any water on him. They get on the Night Folks Limited train and ride all the way to the Cheesecake Factory where they meet the giant manager, Big Foot Mae. There is danger ahead, but the Night Buddies must stay with their "e;Program"e; (the Night Buddies word for Adventure) if the world's supply of pineapple cheesecakes counts for anything. And it surely does, especially to Crosley who is totally goofy about the things and never seems to get his fill.
The Single Mum's Survival Guide by Vivienne Smith Pdf
“Once upon a time I was perfectly happy—complacent even. But then my world came crashing down and I was suddenly a single mum of two small children, losing sleep over how to pay the bills. The things I learned allowed me to retain my sanity, self-esteem, and sense of humour and to help my children get through the experience. I discovered how to release the traumatic experiences and emotions that were holding me back and find more fun, fulfillment, and balance in my life (not to mention my lovely husband!)” You can build a happy new life! Are you a stressed-out single mum, juggling childcare, work and home—and struggling to cope with all the emotional and practical demands on you? You’re not alone! The Single Mum’s Survival Guide is packed with words of inspiration, comfort, wisdom and experience from a host of real-life single mums and expert professionals to make life easier, help you on your way, and put your mind at rest with answers to questions such as: How do I tell the kids? How do I get over this split and move on? Why is my child behaving like this and what should I do about it? How will I feel when my kids meet his new girlfriend? How do I deal with all the legal stuff? How can I manage on this little money? How can I have more energy when I’m so tired all the time? Is it OK to ask for help—and who can I ask? Can I ever forgive my ex? Can I really be single and happy? When is it time to start dating again—and how will I know if he’s Mr. Right? Vivienne Smith is a writer, trainer, presenter, and certified neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) and hypnosis practitioner. She also a Regional Director of the Athena Group, an international networking, training and development business community for female executives and entrepreneurs. Her experience as a single mum prompted Vivienne to write a book about the subject. It has been the fulfilment of a long term ambition to turn what was at the time a negative and distressing experience into an opportunity to help others get through similar challenges. Now happily remarried, she lives with her husband and two sons in beautiful West Sussex, on the south coast of England.
Are you a new single mother who feels alone and like no one understands what you are going through? Are you divorced or going through a divorce and feeling hopeless and that life has no meaning? Are you looking for a way to move your life forward? Or are you just looking for HOPE and HELP for a new and fresh start? This book is the only reference point that any single mother will ever need to help you move forward from your current predicament to a fulfilling and happy life. This book is a HOTLINE help and support directory for all single mother's. Single Motherhood - Success & Beyond offers a step-by-step useful and practical guide to get your life back and move forward. It provides single mother's with the 5Ws and teaches you how to make a break and start afresh. This book also introduces single mothers to the Nobel Prize winning programme S.M.I.L.E Home Systems - a social system for all single mothers around the world to help them STAND UP tall and STEP UP to the call of life. What are you waiting for. Get your copy now and jump start your brand new life. Happy Reading!
With the same brilliant combination of humor and warmth she brought to bestseller Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott gives us a smart, funny, and comforting chronicle of single motherhood. It’s not like she’s the only woman to ever have a baby. At thirty-five. On her own. But Anne Lamott makes it all fresh in her now-classic account of how she and her son and numerous friends and neighbors and some strangers survived and thrived in that all important first year. From finding out that her baby is a boy (and getting used to the idea) to finding out that her best friend and greatest supporter Pam will die of cancer (and not getting used to that idea), with a generous amount of wit and faith (but very little piousness), Lamott narrates the great and small events that make up a woman’s life. "Lamott has a conversational style that perfectly conveys her friendly, self-depricating humor." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review "Lamott is a wonderfully lithe writer .... Anyone who has ever had a hard time facing a perfectly ordinary day will identify." -- Chicago Tribune
The Single Parent's Survival Guide by Avery Nightingale Pdf
In "The Single Parent's Survival Guide: Managing Life's Challenges Alone," Avery Nightingale offers a heartfelt and practical resource for single parents navigating the complexities of raising children solo. With over 500,000 children being raised by grandparents, the need for support and understanding is more pressing than ever. Nightingale reassures readers that they are not alone, providing a roadmap for managing the myriad challenges of single parenthood. From the humorous moments to the heartfelt joys, this book offers a "down-home" no-nonsense approach to parenting. Delving into the rise of single-parent households and the societal shifts that have contributed to this phenomenon, Nightingale offers encouragement and guidance for building positive and constructive lives for both parent and child. With a wealth of support available, single parents can find comfort in knowing they have many hands to help balance the demands of parenthood. "The Single Parent's Survival Guide" is an essential companion for anyone embarking on the journey of single parenthood.
