Since I started writing about single motherhood, I’ve always tried to focus on the positive side of raising children alone. One of the toughest things about being a single parent is dealing with the stigma and shame attached to the label, so I have tried to be a small part […]
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What Can The Idea Of You Teach Us About Single Mothers?
The hit Anne Hathaway age-gap romcom does plenty to shift the narrative around what it means to be a single mother in 2024, but the overarching moral message remains the same: your children must always come first. The Single Mother Project: The Idea Of You It’s been out of action […]
What To Wear On A First Date As A Single Mum
As a single parent, it might have been a while since you went on a first date. If you were with your child’s other parent for a long time before you had kids it may have been years, or even decades since your last date with someone new. What you […]
UK School Holiday & Term Dates for 2024-2025 Academic Year
Forward planning as a single parent is an absolute must. (This is a note to self, seven years in!) Whether you’re a co-parent and you need to organise schedules over the school holidays, or you’re a solo mother and you need to figure out how you will juggle work and […]
9 Budgeting Tips For Single Mums
Sometimes in life we end up doing jobs we’re not qualified for. Jobs we didn’t even apply for. Single parenthood might just be one of them. If you didn’t enter motherhood thinking you’d be doing it alone, there might be some elements that you’re not prepared for. Running a household […]
The Best Apps for Single Mothers in the UK
Lonely? Single parent overwhelm? Struggling to manage your home? There’s an app for that! OK, to be honest there’s no shortcut to managing the all-consuming task of being a single mum, but there are things that can help. Organisation is something that is absolutely key for single parents, along with […]
Recipe: Vegan Harissa Cauliflower and Chickpea Pilaf
There have been a slew of ‘marry me’ recipes on TikTok over the last few months. Marry me chicken, marry me pasta etc etc, recipes ‘so good’ that they might make someone want to propose to you. Putting aside the misogynistic undertones of the implication that women are trying to […]
Happy Mother’s Day
To all the parents flying solo this Mother’s Day. This one goes out to you. To all the single and solo mums. To the solo dads doing the job of mum and dad and thriving regardless. To my own single mum, Jackie, who taught me that it doesn’t take two […]
Single Parents Need Support, Not Shame
Half of all children in lone parent families are now living in relative poverty. If you are a single parent, you are probably feeling the pressure. The cost of living crisis is set to hit some groups harder than others and single parents who shoulder the extra burden of bill […]
Recipe: Sticky Toffee Coffee & Walnut Cake
I am not a baker. At least, I wasn’t until I turned into a lockdown cliché and started baking scones, banana bread and brownies like the rest of the nation. And I had every intention of making a regular, run of the mill coffee and walnut cake right until the […]