Choice Moms, and a book give away!

Welcome to the second series of our book contest! (If you missed our first post, please go here).  One of YOU will win the complete set of the following books: 1. How to Sleep Alone in a King-Sized Bed by Theo Nestor 2. Just You and Me, Kid by Stacey MacGlashan 3. Mamalita, by Jessica [...]

Divorce, starting over, and a book give away!

As you know, we both love to encourage positive change in your lives — and in our own lives, too. That’s why we recently redesigned our Singlemommyhood Facebook page — if you haven’t “liked” us yet, please go for it here! On that note, we’ve also been busy behind-the-scenes putting together a book give away [...]

Contest: There’s a Man in the Kitchen

No doubt about it, most of you love to read. And we couldn’t be happier about that fact. So, whenever we get the chance to give away books — that are right up your alley — we go for it. Please meet Ellie Slott Fisher, who became a single mom when her husband of 15 [...]

Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough

When Lori Gottlieb‘s Atlantic Monthly article “Marry Him! The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough,” first came out two years ago, it made me mad. I’ve since lost track of how many friends forwarded that essay to me. Maybe they were suggesting that I was too picky, too? Back in 2008, I shook my [...]

How to be a happy single mother

When Orit Sutton was eight months pregnant, her baby’s father split town. Although they attempted to reconcile when their daughter was four months old, Orit — a choreographer and dance instructor in London, England — knew that she’d better prepare to parent alone. We’ve been emailing back and forth with Orit, and it’s clear that [...]

The Package Deal

Izzy Rose — author of The Package Deal: My (not-so) Glamorous Transition from Single Gal to Instant Mom — is on a mission to change the image of the modern-day step mom. And we’re right behind her! Izzy describes herself as single “middle-class socialite” who lived in San Francisco. She loved her career as a [...]

Father’s Day giveaway!

After brainstorming about what to give you for Father’s Day at Singlemommyhood, we shot down the patterned ties and golf clubs. Instead, we came up with something we hope is even better: The just-released anthology The Book of Dads: Essays on the Joys, Perils, and Humiliations of Fatherhood, edited by Ben George. In this book, [...]

If your kids are stressed at parenting time

Although there are different legal ways to describe child custody, nearly all custody arrangements include “parenting time” or “visitation”. In short, this means the set schedule between the parent with residential custody and the parent (or former partner) who does not. Of course, some parents have a 50/50 custody split. For those of us who [...]