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How will you handle Father’s Day and the child of divorce?

“Can you believe he didn’t even come to his own granddaughter’s graduation?” With fire in her eyes my friend continued with, “He didn’t even bother to call or send a card. What’s wrong with a man like that?” This isn’t the first conversation we have had about her dad. As a grown woman what she really wants to know is, Why didn’t my Read more…

Posted: June 15th, 2022 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Family Ministers, Holidays, Step and blended families

Give it all to Jesus: My personal story of surviving the holidays

I’ve been through some painful Christmases, following a divorce and after the death of my husband. Down through the years, I developed a way to survive the Christmas season. I’ve shared this story with hundreds of people and I’ve shared it on this blog in Christmases past. Hurting single parents have told me that this one story has helped them also discover a Read more…

Posted: December 3rd, 2020 ˑ 7 Comments
Filled under: #Divorceddads, #Divorcedmoms, Christmas, Holidays, Single Parents, Trauma

How to keep single parents from burning out

Loneliness and stress are probably the largest reasons why single parents burn out. And right now with Covid 19 and the sheltering in place and lock downs, many single parent are feeling the crunch. Many are not getting to see the children because they are at the other parent’s home. Others are worried that with all the transporting back and forth between Read more…

Posted: April 9th, 2020 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Divorce Issues, Single Parents

How Do You Help the Single Dads in Your Church?

When many people think “single parent” they automatically think of the single mom. While single moms do make up the majority of single parents, single dad households are on the rise. According to research published in 2013 and released by the Pew Research Social & Demographic Trends in the article “The Rise of Single Fathers” minor children living in a home headed by Read more…

Posted: June 26th, 2019 ˑ 2 Comments
Filled under: #Divorceddads, Accept the Challenge, Divorce Issues, Single Parents

Question of the week: Should divorced parents be encouraged to spend Thanksgiving together?

A lot of people encourage divorcing parents to come together for holidays, such as Thanksgiving. People think it is in the best interest of the children. The premise is to create the image of one big, happy family. Although that might seem to work for the adults, for the most part, it is not a good idea where children are concerned. Psychologist Carl Read more…

Posted: November 15th, 2017 ˑ 4 Comments
Filled under: Divorce Issues, Holidays, Single Parents

Question of the week: Why do you talk so much about the single moms?

It’s true that a lot of posts we do on this site are about single moms. The simple reason is that a majority of single parents are single moms. Because of this, most of my personal experience is with single moms. However, there are some great single dads in our society as well. More and more single dads are stepping up and either helping raise Read more…

Posted: January 12th, 2015 ˑ 4 Comments
Filled under: Question of the week, Single Parents, Uncategorized