One of the first questions that many single mothers have on becoming the sole head of a household is ‘how am I going to cope as a single mum?’. Often, the biggest part of this challenge is financial. If, like me, you’re entering single motherhood after a separation, the chances […]
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How To Be A Happy Single Parent: The Book!
Happy Single Parents Day to all my fellow single and solo parents. Today is all about US! I’ve been a single mum for six years now, and not only have I enjoyed each and every year more than the last, this journey has taken me to places I never expected, […]
Don’t you feel guilty? Dealing With Single Parent Guilt
Mum guilt is not a new phenomenon. Mums have been feeling guilty since the dawn of time. For doing it all wrong. For being too attached. Not attached enough. For working when they should be parenting, parenting when they should be working. For single mums this is intensified. Welcome to […]
The Best Things About Being A Single Mum
Being a single mum is brilliant. I wanted to just let that sentence have its own line because usually it is caveated. ‘Being a single mum is brilliant, but…’. ‘Being a single mum isn’t all bad but it’s the hardest thing you’ll ever do.’ It’s not that the statement doesn’t […]
CBeebies is my Co-Parent: Don’t Break Up Our Family
It’s the top trump card for BBC chairman Sir David Clementi. His ‘OK kids, if this behaviour doesn’t stop, I’m cancelling Christmas’. Every time the license fee is under threat or the BBC is rattled, we’re reminded that it could mean the end for CBeebies. Forget BBC One, sod the […]
The Single Mother Project: Marriage Story
It has been almost two years since I last posted a single mother project film analysis* here. What can I say? Single mothers are flaky, unreliable and very, very busy. *Yes, analysis is perhaps an overstatement. But I watched a film last night that moved me to the extent of […]
Free (& Very Cheap) Summer Holidays Activities for Families
Free (& very cheap) summer holidays activities for kids & families National Play Days From street parties to group woodland explorations, National Play Days happen on Wednesday 7 August, with a host of free family activities to join in with across the country. Check out www.playday.org.uk for your nearest event […]
Camp Bestival Prep: The Single Mum’s Guide to Packing for a Festival
Pre-Jack, summer meant one thing: festivals. Starting with Isle of Wight (I never did get Glasto tickets) and ending with Bestival, almost every weekend had some sort of live music and alfresco drinking element. So, it was inevitable that Jack’s festival days wouldn’t wait until his teenage years. Last year […]
Guest Post: Single Parent Stigma & Why It Shouldn’t Exist
Thanks so much to Jude Peppis-Clay (@gluingcheese) for this guest post on single parent stigma, and why we need to turn this negative stereotype on its head… When I decided to leave my husband in 2017, one thing was on my mind. I would become a single parent. We cobbled […]
A Single Mum’s Guide to (Not) Dating
‘How do you date as a single mum?’ This is a question I not only get asked quite a lot, but also hear being discussed in online-single-mum-world. (Side note, online-single-mum-world deserves a much less tragic moniker because it’s actually a great place to hang out.) I’ve been listening to Alright […]