Blog Posts - Single Parent

Hello there everyone, it’s Tinzley the single mom advice maven… Hey Rockstars, Hope you have all been doing just lovely! The questions: Okay so your child has graduated from high school and is now ready for college or so they think? Are y...

As a single parent maintaining a home, life can be very hectic. It can be difficult to find any time for yourself, let alone time to meet someone to date. Internet dating is one of the simplest new ways to connect with different people and start dati...

Dating when you are a parent is entirely different from dating when you don’t have children. As a single or divorced parent, the added responsibility of taking your children’s feelings into account can make dating stressful and nerve-wracking. Do...

When I travel alone, I remember how much I appreciate traveling with Shrek, or a friend. Bringing yourself, and two boys, and your luggage into a crowded public bathroom is challenging. Allowing Sammy to go in a public bathroom alone is still out of...

As a single parent, it would have been wonderful to have come home from the hospital with a manual on how to raise children.  Of [...]...

This morning we Skyped with my father in New Mexico, after making #1 Uncle blueberry pancakes.  Now the boys are off playing ball with him in the park. Bliss. We made a card for Shrek and are working on various messages and drawings for some of the...

I hate getting on planes. I’m going to be brave today, by getting on that plane. This made me think about the picture (above) that I took earlier this week of Marcel superimposed next to the famous Rockwell of Ruby Bridges. I explained to him h...

Being a good parent is perhaps one of the most difficult tasks a person will ever face. Being a single parent is even harder. It's only natural for freshly single parents to wonder how it's done. While there may not be a magic formula, advice from ot...

I was looking over the pictures from the week, and noticed that there was something round about all of them. Perhaps it was the approaching supermoon last night, or just the way I am seeing the world today. In the “first at bat” photo, th...

Still damp from the hot springs we have been swimming in, we are barrelling through the back streets of Siwa, an oasis town in Egypt’s Western Desert, mudbrick houses looming...

Watching Sam hit a baseball is one of my favorite past times. Marcel has a swing on him too, and starts t-ball at the end of the week!  At practice yesterday Sam boasted to his teammates about his powerful hit, a result of our batting practice the n...

Hello April. Like Marcel, this blog is in it’s fourth year. That’s fun. It celebrated it’s birthday on February 1st, completely unnoticed by me. A few days ago I had the opportunity to talk about my blog in a little informational wi...

It is very difficult to be a single parent even as all parents face the hurdles of parenting. Raising your child, dealing with finances and your job are all issues you must deal with in addition to other aspects of your life. During this discussion,...

It is very difficult to be a single parent even as all parents face the hurdles of parenting. Raising your child, dealing with finances and your job are all issues you must deal with in addition to other aspects of your life. During this discussion,...

On the lighter side, a few images from the week. Highlights include: “birds of paradise” the color I have always wanted in my kitchen, as applied by Shrek, Sam and Marcel while I was presenting another “I can talk about race in the...

Like many 11-year-old boys*, even those who aren’t travelling the world, washing does not figure highly on my spawn’s list of things to do. He’s pretty good about the twice...

Shrek and I did not hold hands on the beach washed in romantic rays of loving soleil gazing into the deep blues of each others eyes while on vacation last week. In fact it felt quite the opposite on a few occasions. We travel really well together act...

You cannot get away from parenting advice. Everybody from your parents for your co-workers to the cashier in the grocery store provide you with tips and have no concept that they may just be confusing you additional. Read the advice in this post and...

Nobody will argue that parenting is hard and some thing which you really have to work difficult at. Raising children takes a little of help sometimes and these tips might be an excellent helping hand when you require it. You are able to get some exce...

Below is a list of the potential Roth IRA benefits that could affect you, read each of them carefully to see if they apply to you or your contribution limits. Roth Benefits Tax Free Withdrawals – You are allowed to withdraw any contributions (m...

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