Articles about single parents
Creative Strategies from Single Parents on Juggling Work and Family
Last updated: 05/11/2021
When it comes to handling the competing demands at work and at home, solo parents do it all — alone. While this can be an incredible challenge, it’s also an opportunity. In the...
7 Ways to Budget with Your Co-Parent
Last updated: 04/19/2021
The mere thought of managing finances after a divorce can be frightening, to say the least. However, you don’t have to do it alone. In fact, it’s best if you budget with your...
What’s Next for Child Care Policy?
Last updated: 03/26/2021
Higher-income households are more likely to rely on non-parental care, while working-class families are just as likely as not to take part in any non-parental care. A massive...
The Pandemic Has Made Women Angry
Last updated: 03/19/2021
The Atlantic The Pandemic Has Made Women Angry As Gloria Steinem said, “The truth will set you free. But first it will piss you off.” 7:00 AM ET Hulton Archive / The LIFE...
Remote learning figures show the digital divide laid bare
Last updated: 03/18/2021
Vulnerable children have been left sharing devices or unable to afford Wifi for remote schooling during the Covid-19 pandemic, a Ferret investigation has found, prompting...
Benefits loss for young single parents
Last updated: 03/18/2021
A reduction in benefits for young single parents under the Universal Credit system based on their age is “unfair and unjustified.” The campaign to “End the Young Parent...
Two thirds of single parents went without food in lockdown | The Big Issue
Last updated: 02/22/2021
Single parents "work their way into debt rather than out of it" because of childcare costs, new research showed Single parents are becoming trapped in a cycle of problem debt...
Single parents demand equality and an end to ongoing discrimination against us
Last updated: 01/23/2021
Ireland, we need to talk. There are members of our forward-thinking nation who still stigmatise and enforce discrimination against single mothers. And to move forward from the...
Government has 'no solid plan for home-schooling'
Last updated: 01/10/2021
Frustrated parents have accused the Government of having ‘no solid plan’ for their children next week, saying connecting them to a device will not provide them with a sufficient...
5 Things a Single Parent Can Do with Their Kids During COVID-19
Last updated: 01/08/2021
Many single parents are struggling to maintain a positive relationship with their kids during COVID-19 while trying to keep them entertained and mentally stimulated with limited...