Tome of the Mommy: Telling Your Child There Is No Santa

There is no “right time” to tell your children that there is no Santa.
Worse yet, there is no right way.
If you’re lucky, as you’re stumbling to get the words out, your son will pat you calmly on shoulder and say, “Look, Mom, I know what you’re trying to tell me, and it’s okay. I’ve already [...]

6 Tips Every Newly Single Mom Should Follow

If you’re a newly single mom, chances are you never anticipated being one. However, the odds are stacked against us all when we get married and have children. Divorce rates are holding steady at 50% for first time marriages and increases to 67% for for all second time marriages. Single moms are fast becoming the majority [...]

SingleMindedWomen.com Poll: Would You Date a Guy with Manboobs?

Seth Rogen. Jason Segel. Jonah Hill. These guys are being touted as Hollywood’s new leading men . . .
Aw, come on already! Don’t we women have any say in this?
Seriously, what movie producer dares to presume we’ll fawn and flutter over dudes with manboobs, as opposed to six-pack abs?
Take our poll here, and let’s [...]

Duchess Digest: Look! It’s a Sign!

Several months ago I came across a Kabbalah Center with a large banner hung over the front entrance which read, “Look – It’s a Sign!”
After chuckling for several minutes about their clever marketing campaign I started thinking, “If only it were that obvious in real life!” And so while humming the “Signs, signs everywhere is [...]

A Single Mom Lets Go

Yesterday I put the final touches to the collection of school photographs I have been adding to each year. For the past fourteen years, the large oval space in the centre of the piece has remained empty. Each year, from Junior Kindergarten onwards, I have added a school photograph to the allocated spot. The photos [...]

Single Moms We Answer All Your Questions About Raising a Bi-Racial Child

f you’re a single mom raising a bi-racial child you’re likely intent on incorporating the traditions and practices of each part of your child’s race into her life.Well single moms Tina B. Tessina, PhD is here to answer all your questions about just how to accomplish your goals and…the news is good!
SMM: If you’re lucky [...]

Can Single Moms Co-Parent With An Ex They Are Not on Speaking Terms With?

Single Minded Moms: This Time Around: Little Changes, Big World

he last time we met, I shared the story of the night my almost-four-year old son locked himself in his room and I revealed the realization I had sitting on the other side of the door from him. He tried to open the door from his side with a plastic power drill as I cleaned out my purse [...]

Single Minded Moms Meltdown Moment: a Single Mom on the Other Side

y boy is finally in bed.
A half-hour of jamming anything I could dig out of the kitchen drawers, the tool box and my dresser top, three frantic calls to my parents who do not keep their cell phones on, yelling, tears, deep breaths, an hour to wait for the locksmith, one peeled-apart door knob, $85, [...]

Is Your Child Shy? Single Moms We’ve Got Advice for You!

“My youngest daughter is quite shy. Now that she’s entering the third grade, she is already dreading being ignored by the other girls as they form their cliques. Should I just lean back and let her fight  her own battles?” —Lydia R., Worried Single Mom in Hartford, CTDear Lydia,
It’s always tough to know when, as single mothers, we should [...]

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