Single Parents

Parenting teens as a single parent means carrying a full-time job's worth of logistics, emotional labor, and decision-making with half the backup, all while navigating your own life reinvention. This section offers community and practical guidance for single parents in the trenches with older kids, from solo college visits to co-parenting conversations that never get easier.

Parenting Through Grief: Raising Independent Sons After Losing Their Father

Parent/Child Relationship

The Marriage Didn’t Last, the Dream Did: Divorce and International Adoption

As An Empty Nester (With a Brain Tumor) I Feared More Than Being Alone

What’s Really Behind the Disappointment of My Cancelled Family Trip

I Didn’t Realize How Much I Did Until My Husband Moved Out

I Never Imagined I Would Be Doing This Very Hard Part Alone

My Husband’s Infidelity Makes Me Worry About My Children’s Relationships

To The Widowed Moms: I See You

Parenting Challenges

Sometimes It’s Really Hard to Connect With the ‘Other’ Moms

Parenting Challenges

At 14 My Son Chose to Live With His Dad-How I Cope

A College Drop-Off Odyssey: 1,100 Miles With My Ex

I’m Almost Fifty, Single, and I’ve Never Been Happier