Mini Card File System by Card Cubby

Introducing a new purse solution for busy single moms! The Card Cubby is an alphabetized mini card file that holds everything from gift cards to ID cards, credit cards, frequent shopper cards, coupons and more.
Forget the wallet, the Card Cubby fits right into your purse, briefcase or car console and comes in an array of [...]

Helicopter Mom: Are You Hindering Your Child’s Career?

By now, you’ve no doubt heard the term “helicopter parent,” which refers to a parent who hovers over the various aspects of her or his child’s life, including their college education and career.
In a 2007 report, generational experts Neil Howe and Bill Strauss point out that the helicopter parent isn’t an anomaly. Parents of millennials, [...]

A Cup of Comfort for Single Mothers; a Book You’ll Want on Your Nightstand!

Whether you’re a newly single Mom or you’re been doing your single Mom strut for several years, A Cup of Comfort for Single Mothers is a compilation of poignant, funny and authentic universal truths that will resonate with you.
 
“Not a day goes by when a single mother couldn’t use a little comfort,” says editor and [...]

What Happens When Single Moms Get Sick? What’s Your Back-up Plan?

I’m a widowed single mom of two young children; my oldest is four, my youngest two. I have no ex-husband to leave the kids with every other weekend.
 
Recently I needed surgery that required at least a three-day hospital stay. It then required another two weeks of recovery time during which I was instructed to take [...]

Single Moms Summer’s Here…Now What?

 
Here’s a little bit of advice from one of Single Minded Women’s favorite single mom bloggers, Anna Raymond about ways to beat the heat and get stuff done when you’re a single mom with a little one who likes to keep busy…
In an effort to spend more quality time with my son, and also thoroughly enjoy [...]

Single Minded Moms: Surviving – and Thriving – as a Single Mama

Whether you’re trying to soothe a colicky baby, wrestle with a stubborn toddler, or rationalize with a teenager, you’ve likely come to this realization: being a mother is hard. 
When you first saw those two pink lines on a pregnancy test, you couldn’t imagine the ways in which your patience and your strength – not to [...]

Finding the Positive in Being a Single Mom

“You can let life live you, or you can live your life,” says Dr. Jennifer Guttman, a psychotherapist in private practice in Connecticut specializing in cognitive behavioral strategies and the challenges faced by fractured families. “What I tell my patients is that everything in life is a choice; you can make anything in your life [...]

SMW Asks Lori Gottlieb; What are Your Successful Single Mom Secrets?

Author Lori Gottlieb, irreverent no-holds barred choice single Mama is balancing her two-year-old son’s entire world, on her delicate petite shoulders with lots of humor, help from the grandparents and an innate understanding that –balls are going to drop. She shares her unique brand of insight about being a single woman in the article Marry [...]