Parenting Alone
Understand what extra support is available when you are pregnant
Cope with the impact of parenting alone
If you’re struggling with a family breakup, how do you keep your children in the loop?
Hear about the laws and guidelines around supervision and babysitting (video)
'Coming out' when you are a parent
Attending a parenting programme shows strength not weakness. We all need support with raising our children.
Questions parents commonly ask
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You are now a one parent family, don’t try to be two parents. Don’t force your child into playing the role of departed parent. Don’t try to be big brother/sister, or a friend, just be the parent you are.
Single parents often find themselves at the rough end of society’s disapproval, with questions asked about the ability of one parent to be able to give children everything they need. This can leave single parents feeling very insecure about their competency as a parent and this is particularly so for women bringing up a boy on their own. There has been much talk of delinquency and waywardness in boys being the result of there not being a man around in a family.
Being a young lone parent there are so many issues to deal with, feel it, because whatever age you are, it is hard.
Some of the challenges in raising a daughter as a single dad, and some ideas to help you. Raising a daughter as a lone dad can be very challenging, it will be like learning a whole new concept.
One of the biggest challenges facing separated parents is to allow children to love the other parent.
How can my child, who is the centre of my world, continue to love the parent who left them? If your child has NO contact with the other parent ple ...
There are a variety of reasons for a parent being completely absent from your child’s life .
Do single fathers face the same issues as single mothers?
Whilst it is true that most single parents with care of their children are women, 11% are single fathers. Do single fathers face the same issues as single mothers, or different ones?
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Interview with a single dad with 3 children, two boys and one girl aged 11, 9 and 6.
When and how did you become a single parent?
I originally separated from my ex partner 8 years ago. My wife has since been diagnosed with split personality disor ...
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