How to celebrate with the kids and put a smile on all of your faces.
This year will be the first time you're celebrating the holidays with the kids... alone. How are you going to handle all of the responsibility without your children seeing you break a sweat (or shed a tear)? Being A Single Parent Has Made Me A Better (Future) Husband
In this video, Therapist and YourTango Expert, Elisabeth LaMotte offers her tips for keeping the family spirit alive. Learn why keeping old (and starting new) traditions will have you and the kids feeling merry and bright through the New Year.
Read this article to find out how to manage dating relationships when children are involved
This guest article from Psych Central was written by Laura Smith, Ph.D.
Almost a third of children are being brought up by single parents. Lots of those parents date. Concerned single parents worry about how to manage relationships when children are involved. Common questions include:
When do I introduce my child to someone I am dating?
How do I manage an intimate relationship when I have children?
Casey Anthony's trial has led me to reflect on the mistakes I made as a young, single mother.
As it became clear that Caylee probably wouldn't come home safely, the nation learned more about her mother, Casey. A young single mom with an irresponsible streak, it was obvious that she wasn't ready to be a parent. And as I held my own child, it wasn't only Caylee's story that scared me, it was Casey's. Just as Caylee brought to mind my daughter, Casey reminded me of myself when she was first born.
Life as a single parent from the prospective of a dad during Black Single Parents Week.
Being a single, black father is an odd ball of wax. On one hand, women go crazy for responsible dads with adorable children. But it's not always peaches and cream, not only do I have to be ultra-careful who she meets but I have to set an example of how she should let herself be treated. On top of that, my ex and I are trying to do the co-parent thing for our little girl's sake. Yep, being a single father is an odd ball of wax.
New Match.com study says single parents have more dating success than singles without kids.
Listen up, single parents looking for love: Match.com has released a new study that reflects the growing number of single parents dating (and finding success!) online.
March 27 is Black Marriage Day. But what's race got to do with it?
March 27 is Black Marriage Day. But what's race got to do with it? If you're wondering why you haven't heard of Hispanic Marriage Day or Asian Marriage Day or Native American Marriage Day—you get my drift—it's because they don't exist.
Welfare discourages marriage, but fixing this problem goes deeper than a policy change.
Welfare might inadvertently be hurting the marriage rate. Why? Because of something called "means testing." Welfare discourages marriage, but fixing this problem goes deeper than a policy change.
Jamie Lynn and Casey are back together, taking their daughter to Universal Studios.
Jamie Lynn Spears and her ex-boyfriend, Casey Aldridge, who's the father of her two-year-old daughter, Maddie, reunited to take Maddie to Universal Studios over the weekend, accompanied by Jamie Lynn's parents, Jamie and Lynn. The estranged parents, now 19 and 21, also took in a Lady Gaga concert last Wednesday.
Halle Berry chats about breaking up with that hotness Gabriel and how she loves being naked.
Halle Berry is on the cover of the September issue of Vogue, and inside the mammoth magazine she talks about her April breakup with her daughter's father, Canadian model Gabriel Aubrey, and how she enjoys walking around naked. "By the time [the breakup] hit the papers—full of rumors and lies, with people having to make up problems between us—Gabriel and I had long dealt with it," she said.
Now that Sean and Robin are finally divorced, we take a look at their turbulent love affair.
Sean Penn and Robin Wright's divorce was finalized this week, after almost three years of separation, reconciliation, re-separation and legal wrangling. The couple, who had their first child in 1991 and married in 1996, came to an agreement on dividing their assets and custody of their 17-year-old son, Hopper, yesterday, according to People.
Portugal and Real Madrid star is a daddy, but who's the secret mama?
Just days after his team was eliminated from the World Cup, Portuguese star and man-candy-about-town Cristiano Ronaldo announced on his official Twitter and Facebook accounts that he's become a first-time father. And the world reeled with shock, because seriously, that came out of left field.
