Last Friday, my 9 year old met me at the school gate. His little face was flushed and I could tell he wasn’t himself. It turns out, he was excluded from something his little friendship group were working on and it had hurt his feelings. Because I am such an intuitive parent and always know […] Read more…
Author: Linda Anderson. In July I travelled around France with my family including a six-year-old, a three-year-old and an almost two-year-old. A month before we left for our trip, my husband discovered he’d have to stay on in the UK for work, and so suddenly I had to face the reality of flying solo, with […] Read more…
One of our readers commented on ‘Part 2’ of our article from our ‘Solo Mum 20 Years After Betrayal and Divorce’, asking questions that we hadn’t covered in the first two articles, and so we asked our solo mum if she’d be willing to answer, and she said yes… Dear Solo Mum Can I ask, […] Read more…
IT WAS A LONG ROAD FOR SOLO MUM, CASSANDRA, TO FINALLY GETTING HER SON DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM AND BEING ABLE TO GIVE HIM THE INTERVENTION HE NEEDED TO LIVE A BRIGHTER LIFE. HERE’S HER STORY… When my second child, Nick, was born, I quickly recognised there was something different about him. He cried non-stop, wriggled […] Read more…
There came a point in my recovery from divorce when I was able to pull myself out of the trauma I’d been wading through and start to contemplate my future. And when I did, I promptly wanted to pull my head back inside my safe little survival cocoon and stay there. You see, the time […] Read more…
One of the daily rules I lived by during my 365 day recovery from divorce was to find a song to help me through each day. Sometimes I’d find them myself, sometimes I’d hear them on the radio, friends would email them to me or my blog readers would send them in. I’m still in […] Read more…
Written by Krista Kuhn. Walking is a good idea, under every circumstance. With each step my unscrupulous mind must settle into the back seat while I am reminded that it is I that make these feet move, I that get to decide the rhythm of my steps and I that am blessed by the pulse […] Read more…
I’m pretty sure my son has an in-built radar that goes off in his head like some sort of air raid siren whenever something arises that needs my urgent attention. Whether it’s work or a domestic catastrophe or something else, I’m sure you know the feeling. I could be cleaning the kitchen and he’ll be […] Read more…
A portacot was high on my list of things to purchase when my son was born. Freedom and flexibility was my motto when it came to fitting this little bundle of joy into my life. But when taking a look at the portacot options, most of them actually didn’t seem that portable. In fact, most […] Read more…
Most separated parents have heard of the word mediation, and whether that word makes you uncomfortable or even fills you with dread, if you view it the right way and go in prepared, mediation can help you establish a co-parenting relationship with your ex when you feel like you’re getting nowhere yourself. Simply put, mediation […] Read more…