Comments on: Surviving the Challenges of Being a Single Mom http://www.betterparenting.com/surviving-the-challenges-of-being-a-single-mom/ Find A Plethora of Parenting Tips & Tricks To Help Your Children Succeed and Make Your Life Easier. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:29:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Nora Fay http://www.betterparenting.com/surviving-the-challenges-of-being-a-single-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-1365 Nora Fay Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:11:44 +0000 http://www.betterparenting.com/?p=271#comment-1365 I enjoyed your article very much Amy and could relate to being a single parent and how difficult it truly is. I would encourage you to continue to use this web site for feedback and also to elicit "atta girls" from whoever you can. Keep up the good work and know we are all in this together. You are not alone. Nora I enjoyed your article very much Amy and could relate to being a single parent and how difficult it truly is. I would encourage you to continue to use this web site for feedback and also to elicit “atta girls” from whoever you can. Keep up the good work and know we are all in this together. You are not alone. Nora

]]> By: Sabrina http://www.betterparenting.com/surviving-the-challenges-of-being-a-single-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-617 Sabrina Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:14:29 +0000 http://www.betterparenting.com/?p=271#comment-617 Before we were mommies, we were women. And, if we can remember life before our children, we'll recall having strong urges for "ME" time. Those urges don't go away simply because we have kids. In life, we naturally take on a mothering roll to everything (deserving or undeserving) around us so it's no surprise that when we it comes to our own little helpless bundles of joy, we go into "mothering overload". It's emotionally overwhelming. I love your list of stress relievers! They're all the things we should have been doing for ourselves before we became mommies. Now, these things are even more pertinent to our well-being and we have less time to dedicate to them. Before we were mommies, we were women. And, if we can remember life before our children, we’ll recall having strong urges for “ME” time. Those urges don’t go away simply because we have kids. In life, we naturally take on a mothering roll to everything (deserving or undeserving) around us so it’s no surprise that when we it comes to our own little helpless bundles of joy, we go into “mothering overload”. It’s emotionally overwhelming.

I love your list of stress relievers! They’re all the things we should have been doing for ourselves before we became mommies. Now, these things are even more pertinent to our well-being and we have less time to dedicate to them.

]]> By: Eppie Vojt http://www.betterparenting.com/surviving-the-challenges-of-being-a-single-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Eppie Vojt Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:10:41 +0000 http://www.betterparenting.com/?p=271#comment-78 Amy, I made a few modifications to your post - namely, converting the last full paragraph into bulleted action items. In this format, we're more clearly answering some of the challenges posed earlier in the article. I don't want to put words in your mouth, so feel free to rewrite the additional descriptions I added for each of the bullet points. Please comment back in the "Editorial Comments" section of Wordpress to let me know when the changes are made. I'll schedule the post for publication then and make payment via oDesk. - eppie Amy,

I made a few modifications to your post – namely, converting the last full paragraph into bulleted action items. In this format, we’re more clearly answering some of the challenges posed earlier in the article. I don’t want to put words in your mouth, so feel free to rewrite the additional descriptions I added for each of the bullet points.

Please comment back in the “Editorial Comments” section of WordPress to let me know when the changes are made. I’ll schedule the post for publication then and make payment via oDesk.

- eppie

]]> By: Eppie Vojt http://www.betterparenting.com/surviving-the-challenges-of-being-a-single-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Eppie Vojt Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:33:25 +0000 http://www.betterparenting.com/?p=271#comment-64 Amy, I'm not sure that I can use this as written -- the first paragraph is very abrupt and will need to be altered. Since you allude to the "It takes a village to raise a child" axiom later in the piece, perhaps you can start out with it. It would still allow you to stress the point that families with both parents have a tough job. Maybe something like: Raising good kids is no small task for families that have both parents. That's why they say "it takes a village to raise a child." When you're a village of one, you face some additional challenges that compound this all-important task... Could you also briefly discuss the work / life balance issue (and reference the article you wrote previously on the challenges of a working mother)? Also, could you add something about how you handle the stress / pressure that comes with being a single parent? - eppie Amy,

I’m not sure that I can use this as written — the first paragraph is very abrupt and will need to be altered. Since you allude to the “It takes a village to raise a child” axiom later in the piece, perhaps you can start out with it. It would still allow you to stress the point that families with both parents have a tough job. Maybe something like:

Raising good kids is no small task for families that have both parents. That’s why they say “it takes a village to raise a child.” When you’re a village of one, you face some additional challenges that compound this all-important task…

Could you also briefly discuss the work / life balance issue (and reference the article you wrote previously on the challenges of a working mother)? Also, could you add something about how you handle the stress / pressure that comes with being a single parent?

- eppie

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