Keith Ablow: Work Stress and Your Sanity

Dear Keith: As much as everyone talks about layoffs, I guess I should feel as if I’m one of the lucky ones, but I’m all the more irritable because they are piling more projects on me at work. The threat of losing a job hangs over all of us who are left, so of course [...]

Fashioning a Career: Single Mother Entrepreneur

Becoming an entrepreneur wasn’t originally part of Mary Beth Stern’s life plan. But 14 years ago, when she divorced, Stern was faced with a new reality. She needed to find full-time work.
Finding a Fit
The typical solution, seek employment with a company, didn’t feel like a fit for Stern. Not only was she a single woman, [...]

Ask Dr. Susan Bartell: When Your Child Acts Out

em>Question:
“I’m a single mom with a daughter who behaves well enough at home, but she certainly knows how to push all my buttons when we’re out in public. If I reprimand her, she screams and cries—and I get those looks: you know the ones: as if I’m an ax murderer. If I don’t I get the [...]

Single Mom Alert: What to Do When You Can’t Stand Your Child’s BFF

 
It starts with a name. So-and-so is this. And so-and-so does that. Your child wants to hang around so-and-so all the time. They play at school. They may walk home together. They talk the evening away by phone or instant-messaging. 
So-and-so is the topic of conversation at dinner and the measure of all things good. 
Pretty soon [...]

The Cougar Phenomenon

Ladies, ever thought about dating a younger man or are you already dipping your toes in a “younger “dating pool?  Then join us tomorrow night on SingleMindedWomen.com blog talk radio when SMW host Rachelle Chase will interview Valerie Gibson; author, radio, and television personality on her new book, COUGAR: A GUIDE FOR OLDER WOMEN DATING [...]

Single Mom Alert: How to Stay on Top of Your Kids and Their Homework

Q: I hate homework with my son. How can I eliminate our nightly homework tug-of-war over homework? — Carole L., Laguna Beach, CA 
A: Students are not excited about homework because they are bombarded with other options that seem far more exciting? Let’s face it – homework is no more exciting today than when we were [...]

Websites We Love

ike you, we have tons of great friends—many who have wonderful websites you should know about! Here are a few faves…
Susan Bartell, PsyD., is a nationally recognized psychologist and award-winning author. We at SMW are proud to have her on our Advisory Board, and as as a contributor to the SMW Family Channel.
WomenAndWineRadio.com, hosted by [...]

Baby Onboard (the Humvee): Fort Bragg’s Baby Boom

The  New York Times posted a very touching article (see below) about a baby boom in Fayetteville, NC (pop. 210,000), thanks to a massive reunion of 22,000 soldiers and their wives, beginning last October.
Well, what a difference a year makes. Nine months plus  later, and the  base hospital has been delivering 300 babies a [...]

Mama Bear Moments

As most of us know, one of the most dangerous things a person can encounter is a mother bear protecting her young. Because cubs are often killed by predators and kin alike, mother bears know that they can’t trust anyone (human or otherwise) around their precious offspring. However, like me, a mother bear would prefer to avoid conflict (and many other [...]

Single Minded Moms: Help Your Kids Buckle Down for a New School Year!

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