Topic: Dating as a Single Parent

Do you want to date a single mum, but feel like a fish out of water when you're facing her? Do you want to feel part of her family, but you have some issues within yourself that you aren't sure of just yet? Do you think that you have got what it takes to commit to someone like a single mum? If yes, then welcome to the wonderful world of Single Parents Dating.

Quick questions to all single mums: Do you want to get your love life back on track? Do you want to find your lifetime sweetheart who is there for keeps? If so, then good for you! You are already taking a huge step forward just by admitting those things to yourself!

According to a recent survey 71% of single parents believe Christmas Eve is the hardest day to get through during the festive period.

By James Lindsey

If you're a single parent and trying to date it can be tough Thinking about dating and having the time to date sometimes seem as far apart as East is from West. Questions run through your mind...

Am I being selfish?
Do I have the time?
Who is going to watch the kids?
It's been so long. Do I even know how to date?

By: Thelma Mariano

Advertising for St. Valentine’s Day seemed more relentless than ever this year. Everywhere I turned, I saw candy hearts or jewelry glistening in store displays. Radio announcers drummed the message home through constant promotions of dinner for two. There was no one “special” in my life. I had been working hard on my home-based business, running two personal development programs and then writing well into the night, week after week, to expand my website content. I wanted – and felt I deserved –a little appreciation.

By: Jennifer Lester

The single parents' guide to dating again. Going through a divorce is hard. Getting back into the dating scene can seem even harder. You have been out of the scene for a while now and are not sure how to get back in. Let alone, back in with kids in tow.

By: Terry Hernon MacDonald

Dating is tough for just about everybody, but it’s even tougher for people who are divorced and widowed. Along with the fears of being “out of practice,” there are often children’s feelings to consider.

How can a single mother enjoy a new romance without lying awake at night worrying about doing emotional damage to her children? Personal Strengths and Life Coach Sue Tosto of Garfield, New Jersey provides the answers.

By Terry Hernon MacDonald

Dating is tough for just about everybody, but it’s even tougher for people who are divorced and widowed. Along with the fears of being “out of practice,” there are often children’s feelings to consider.

How can a single mother enjoy a new romance without lying awake at night worrying about doing emotional damage to her children? Personal Strengths and Life Coach Sue Tosto of Garfield, New Jersey provides the answers.

Dating Tips For Single Parents: Overcoming the Fears of Repeating Costly Mistakes
By Mitchell Milch, LCSW at www.healthymindsets.com

For many single parents casual dating is frustrating and annoying. Looking for a new partner however, can be downright frightening. In fact many single parents who are gun shy after divorce go in o­ne of two directions. They either convince themselves they are better off not going beyond getting their feet wet at best or they deny and minimize their fears and make reckless plunges. Why you may ask? Well, the chronically painful realities of divorce that involve children may be likened to having a chronic and debilitating illness like arthritis. Instead of periodic flare ups of painful inflammation of muscles and joints we are left dealing with periodic flare ups of our children’s painful struggles to come to terms with our divorces, flare ups of our own painful struggles to come to terms with divorce and episodic painful dealings with our divorced spouses. The evolution and stabilization of split off family units do not come about without mourning obsolete family units and coping with individual and systemic growing pains.

What are the qualities that a single parent should look for in someone they are deciding to date?