18 hours ago by xobolaji

I grew up in a single parent household helmed by my Mother, who was [and is] commonly referred to as a “Strong Woman.” I’ll never say that my mother was both Mother and Father, because she wasn’t. She was simply a woman who “did what she had to do;” and like many women of her time, put her children ...

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1 day ago by Canadian Bald Guy

Okay…the title of this post really looks bad, doesn’t it. Eeesh. First off, my son isn’t starving and I’m not looking for any hand-outs. No, my issue is my inability to make my way around the kitchen. I’m a nearly 40-year-old man who somehow finds a way to burn water, so my cooking skills are [...]

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2 days ago by m@ds

This is about THE MAN who has been the tallest and strongest person for me. He relieved me from pain with sheer touch . He gave me strength that runs up n down my veins today. I was a difficult kid. A single dad raising a girl is difficult. But he never ever failed. He sacrificed a part of his life ...

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2 days ago by Allison Norris

By: Allison Norris My little (and huge) brother is so cool… getting cooler by the day too. Here’s what happened: To be totally honest, $55k per year to attend University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA was just too much money for my family. My brother is 18 and has no idea what he wants to do with his ...

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3 days ago by Canadian Bald Guy

Hey gang! My latest post for Parent Society is up, so please feel free to click your way over to the site and leave a comment with your own thoughts on the subject! Why Your Teenager Doesn’t Tell You Everything: When Parents Are The Last To Know

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4 days ago by skeletoes

I just sat down and did my finances, and by far that was the most painful good bye to my money I have done yet. It feels good to finally be getting ahead, but good lord being an adult sucks sometimes. It’s tax return season! I got mine done and after writing off my interest on my house, medications, ...

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4 days ago by MutantSupermodel

Sick Days by Half.Jak on Flickr About two weeks ago, Daughter woke up at 5 in the morning and vomited all over the place. And so began a crazy day of her body emptying itself out courtesy of vomit and diarrhea that was on and off several days. It was a nightmare of a stomach virus and it had run ram ...

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5 days ago by workingberlinmum

Early Friday evening my little sausage, my Milo came back from a week's holiday with his dad and I am thrilled to say that there were no signs of anger or feelings of abandonment that showed their faces from him after previous long stretches of time away from me as he ran straight in to my arms upon ...

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6 days ago by alan

The media is the first to tell us that we need to learn to take time for ourselves and try to breathe while balancing our jobs, our families and relationships, the busy schedules of our days. Taking time for ourselves is something that everyone already knows is important, but who actually has the ti ...

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8 days ago by Knitting Mama

My husband has been living in our new house for about two and a half weeks. He is in Mexico, while our two daughters and I are still living in our old house near Buffalo NY. We will join him after two more weeks. So, that makes me a single mom. Right? NOPE! It is difficult to be the only parent in t ...

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