Single Parenting Issues
Here are some tips to help you cope in your single parenting journey.
Show Love and Care: Always praise your child when he/she does something good. Give your children unconditional love and care. Create time for play; read or just spend time with your child.
Come Up with a Routine: Create a regular schedule for meals or play time; let your children know what's coming.
Find Quality Child Care: If you require regular child care, search for a reputable caregiver who can offer stimulation in a safe environment. Be on the lookout and ask friends or a partner to watch out for your children.
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Single-parent families are becoming common by the day. These families take all sorts of form; from ones headed by fathers or mothers to ones headed by grandparents or even relatives of the children such as a person raising her nephew alone. Life in such a household is often stressful to both the parent and the children as well. Following are some of the single parenting issues faced by these households.
Establishing a work-life balance
At times your company's working culture may prove to be stressful such that you find yourself working when you should be at home with your children. In a normal family, the father and mother could work in turns to look for their family such that when one is working the other is at home; however, for a single parent this is impossible. Things like taking your child to and from school when you should be working are stressful. To make the situation better, it is advisable to establish a routine which ensures the child knows what to expect even though it is not enough.
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In the world of today, raising kids to become responsible members of the society is easier said than done. This is because kids are exposed to various external and internal forces that have a lot of negative impact on them. A good example is the increasing rate of divorce that leads to broken families. Chances of giving your children a good upbringing in a broken marriage are minimal if you do not know how to go about it. This has necessitated the development of a parenting skills curriculum to help parents give their children a good upbringing. Different professionals in this social field have developed different parenting curriculum but they are all aimed at similar end results.
Some of the things that a parenting skills curriculum can teach parents include.
• Help parents connect with their children. In many families, as children grow up a rift slowly emerges between them and their parents. This is especially more evident during teenage years. This can be attributed to several factors e.g. hormonal imbalances in teens. If the parents don't find a way to connect with their children this rift may be irreparable in the long term.
• Good parental relationships and co-parenting. As mentioned earlier, the rate of divorce globally is at an all time high. However, being divorced does not mean that one of the parents ceases being a mom or dad. In this situation co-parenting is necessary and for this to succeed the parent have to establish a healthy relationship.
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