Parenting tips for Single Mothers

Discussion in 'Women' started by seema, Dec 5, 2012.

  1. seema

    seema New Member

    The decision of being a Single mom is not easy and raising your child single handedly is really a difficult task. Single moms go through a lot of difficulties in maintaining a balance between both work and her home. Here are some parenting tips for single mothers.

    Be there for your kids: It is important that you should be always there whenever your kids need you. Your kid is dependent on you and you should make them feel that they are your priority and you love them. So it is essential that you are always present with your kids and make them feel that you are always there for them.

    Be confident always: Challenges are a part of everyone’s life and you should be confident and strong enough to overcome the challenges that you face. This will make you a strong woman as well as will help your kids to be confident that they are safe with you. Never loose your confidence as it will make you weak and this makes it important that you are confident always and will even make your kids become confident as moms are always the role model of the kids.

    Have a positive attitude towards life: The other name of life is challenges and this we face in every step of our lives but never loose hope and get demoralized. It is important that you always have a positive attitude towards life as this will always help you to stay happy and if you are happy, the whole environment of your home will become happy and jovial. This will make your kids happy and provide them a healthy environment.

    Involve them in your decisions: Whatever decision you take, involve you kids and ask them to offer their views. This will not only make them feel important but will also help them mature fast and will help them to take rational decisions well. Moreover, you and your kids make your family and involving them in your decisions will make them feel that they too have a family like others.

    Find sometime for yourself: Maintaining a balance between family and work becomes extremely stressful so it is essential that you find sometime for yourself. Whenever you find time for yourself relax and watch a light headed movie or watch a comedy show. It will help you rejuvenate and make you a supermom at home and a super woman the next day.

    Set up schedules and predictable routines: Like all other homes, you should also set up schedules and predictable routines for your kids as this will help you make you kids disciplined. However, you should give some relaxation at times and never be over strict with your kids as this may make them rebellious.

    Spend sufficient time with your kids: Apart from your heavy work schedule, you should take out time for your kids. Go on short trips with your kids as it will help you spend some quality time with them as well as will help you relax and your kids will have a change of milieu as it is important for everyone. Take them out on weekends to movies or dinner or some other place so that you can spend some time with them and they will also enjoy your company.
     


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