Articles about single parents
For Getting Kids Through College, Single-Parent Families Are Not All the Same
Last updated: 06/05/2020
Students who lived with their married birth parents were twice as likely to graduate from a selective college as students with widowed or divorced mothers. Income differences...
The impact of Covid-19 on education – for both children and parents
Last updated: 06/05/2020
THIS August, Catherine Lido’s five-year-old will undertake that familiar rite of passage – his first day of primary one. Some of the rituals will be the same – putting on the...
Screen Use Creates a 'Double Disadvantage' for Kids in Single-parent Families
Last updated: 05/04/2020
Data from the American Time Use Survey reveal a concerning divide across family structures, with teens in two-parent households spending significantly less time in front of...
Children 'are going hungry' as lone-parents denied access to supermarkets
Last updated: 05/04/2020
Children have gone hungry because lone parents were denied access to supermarkets, a single-parent advocate has said. Parents are being verbally abused for bringing their...
How to quarantine your home if you or a loved one tests positive for COVID-19
Last updated: 04/09/2020
How to quarantine your home if you or a loved one tests positive for COVID-19 It's a scenario all too many of us are facing — or will soon face.You or a loved one has a mild...
Coronavirus Q&A: Can children visit separated parents during lockdown?
Last updated: 03/28/2020
Coronavirus Q&A: Can children visit separated parents during lockdown? 25 March 2020 • 1:19pm Save Save Our experts will be answering your questions on parenting and custody...
Post Divorce Experiences: Become an Active Participant in Life! - Divorce Magazine
Last updated: 02/20/2020
Post-divorce is a turbulent time in one’s life. There are too many tasks and too little time to get everything done. It takes less energy to plop down on the couch and view...
This Is How Long It Takes New Parents to Get a Good Night's Sleep Again
Last updated: 02/07/2020
It takes six years before new parents get a good night’s sleep again, according to a new study. Because even once the night feedings end, children still wake up sick and have...
‘If something happens to me, what will happen to my girls?’
Last updated: 01/31/2020
“The siblings are always forgotten,” says Lynn McDonald, referring to her daughter Ellie, who is 11, as we discuss Lynn’s role as carer for youngest daughter, Daisy, who is...
How to prepare a child for the death of a parent by cancer
Last updated: 01/20/2020
How to prepare a child for the death of a parent by cancer 4th February 2019 Advice , blog It will inevitably be very difficult for children and young people when a parent is...