Unkind Comments Single Parents Hear
Single parents routinely face prejudiced, unkind, or just uninformed comments from friends, family, and society. Following are some of them as narrated by our fellow single parent members.
Session on Parenting Tips for Single Parents
This is the audio recording of the session organized by The Phoenix Family ( http://www.thephoenixfamily.in ) for Single parents on March 24, 2018. The session was from Dr. Ali Khwaja Chairman and Founder of Banjara Academy (http://www.banjaraacademy.org). The session answers many important questions of Single parents in Indian context. Below are the bookmark links to […]
Everyday she saves me
Its 5am and I don’t need to wake-up because I haven’t slept. Another sleepless night, getting out of bed is the most difficult part of the day. I don’t sleep but I want to stay in bed. Just crawl under the covers and disappear. The tears well up. Let me be! But I have no choice. Do […]
Single Parents Day 2017
Wish all you single parents lots of happiness and love. March 21, 2017
The parental guilt
“Oh crap! I should not have done this to him”. “May be this would not have happened had I not been a single parent”. “He does not have anyone other than me”. Invariably all parents go through the “Oh my God! Am I a bad parent?” feeling. And single parenting sometimes has the effect of […]
It is my fault, not his
One year ago, I had the chance of interacting with a family that had recently moved into the neighbourhood. They had a unique way of dealing with their kids’ mistakes; I call it unique because I had not seen other parents use this approach till then. When a mistake occurred, they analyzed the reason behind […]
Pamper your kids with choice
“Daddy, why did you bring me birthday cake that looks like a game of scrabble? You should have made it a cake that looked like Scotland Yard instead”. Now that was one of the more recent complaints I got to hear from my son who is spoiled for choice. Nevertheless, that pushes me to invent […]
Single parent’s balancing act
‘Do not go soft on your son thinking he has only you’, advised my son’s pediatrician after I got into my single parenthood. You will have to be strict with him whenever required. This was very hard for me to digest initially, how can I set rules or raise my voice on a 6 year […]
Every Chance to Learn and Teach
“Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom”, came running my son, screaming with excitement. He dropped his tuition bag on to the sofa and frantically searched for something amidst his toys. “What? What are you searching for?” I asked showcasing mild excitement. “I need my shovel” he said “Why? What is it for?” I asked “I am going […]
Kids need your time
I’d say most of us are a part of this rat race, watching our peers grow. Why do I feel so? I was, or rather I am party to this rat race. The cost of living is high, my peers buy houses, inflation… run the race, earn more… push working hours, impress boss, get a […]
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