Single Moms And Dads

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Hi All!

As many of you know, I've been working for over 2 yrs with the National Sleep Foundation to create a program for Drowsy Driving Awareness. Well it's finally come to fruition and the first annual NATIONAL DROWSY DRIVING AWARENESS WEEK is happening NOV 5-11

Now we need your help...

1. Educate yourself and make a rule to never drive tired and to never let those around you get behind the wheel this way.

http://www.sleepfoundation.org/sit…

2. Help us convince Congress to advocate with us:

http://www.sleepfoundation.org/sit…

3. Print and post one (or more!) flyers around your classrooms, your work, your school, your gym, and anywhere else you go. Any sign could save someone's life. (Ohio State Students: Remember, OSU gives students 50 free prints at any computer lab with their BuckID... use them!)

http://www.drowsydriving.org/atf/c…

4. Forward this to anyone and everyone! Remind them that you want them driving safely!


Thanks so much,

~munchkin1616

I am trying to get an overall feel for what it is like to be a parent of a school age child to understand better for my job and to share with my coworkers. Any answers at all would be fantastic!

1) What is the best thing about being a parent of a school age child?

2) What problems have you encountered?

3) How do you help your children overcome these problems?

4) What advice would you give to other parents of school age children?


Thanks in advance!

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Malachi Deaglan Newman right after being born :)





Malachi 1 month old!

I joined for a few reasons and thought I'd intro myself and say hi.

First, I joined because I'm starting to student teach soon (family and consumer science education). Since I know how closely parents and teachers have to work, I thought it made sense to see how "the other side" does it.

Second, I'm a child of a single parent household (mother). Being such, I think it's amazingly important to say something to all of you; thank you. I know that you guys don't know me, but I also know that children don't get it. We don't understand how many things you juggle, all you sacrifice, or how little sleep you get for the 18+ years we live in your house. We are too busy at soccer practice, acting in the school play, or getting ready for Homecoming to realize that we only get to those activities because you rush home from work to drive us. We are being raised in a society that teaches us to demand and expect to be treated like the movie stars we see, so often we don't realize that you aren't required by laws to take us to McDonald's, buy us clothes that makes you roll your eyes, or listen to the same Barney tape 37 times in a row. I can only imagine what an insane amount of work it is just to hear us slam doors in your faces and tell you we hate you for giving us curfews. PLEASE though, keep heart, someday, you'll end up with a kid like me who finds it absolutely amazing to think about all you guys have done and continue to do, even though she still fights with her mother.

And, for the moment, my third reason is that I need a moment of your time. I am studying the difficulties of being a single parent for my college sociology class and need single parents (especially men) to answer the following quick questions. If you can take a minute, I'd appreciate it big time!

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Name : Cloe
Location : San Antonio, Texas
Children : One daughter named Taeya :)
Ages : 3
Pictures :


I've been in this community for a while..just never posted. Thought I'd introduce myself.

My name is Kevin. I’m 36 and am a father of 3. I live in Ypsilanti, MI.

Chris - 18: Lived with me about 5 years ago now on his own.
Miranda - 17: Lived with me from 12 until two weeks ago, now at stepfathers.
William - 15: Has always lived with mother.

Well, I guess that’s the main info so now for some details.

The mother of my kids and I were young parents, (16-17). I am not sure about her but I didn't think anything about having kids. No big deal, a little rug rat to play with. Chris was a great baby, always smiling and laughing. Miranda was always smiling and hugging. William was born during the split up and she was seeing someone else (Who by the way became daddy against my wishes). But I figured, “Don’t hurt the family over pride.” After the break up she kept the kids and I paid support and got them every weekend. Chris was 3-5 when we broke up, (the break up was on and off for a couple of years), and I could tell the effect it had on him. He started getting angry about things to the point of violence, so mom put him on riddilin (oops, don’t know how that’s spelled). The effect on Miranda was less, all she would do is latch onto any man’s leg she saw, like at the grocery store. As for William, I was there for the birth and that’s about it. The mom went on to have 7 more children with various fathers and married one of them.

Today Chris knows everything and I mean everything. As for Miranda, she seems to want to take after her mom in the baby aspect. Don’t get me wrong, she is not having sex all over the place or anything like that, but she sure does love babies. William just wants to have sex with the loud mouth girl down the street from his mother’s home.

The whole experience has taught me some things. Children are awesome through the good and bad. To see them do or say things for the first time is a treasure. Always have that camera ready. Being as young as I was, I missed out on a lot of things in the beginning. Spending time with my kids bike riding, playing games, or just about anything was pretty much the best times of my life.

Then they became teens. It’s funny how we all go through the teen thing so when it hits them you know what’s going on. In my case everything was good to start. They could do the things I did on a regular basis and actually keep up, physically or mentally. It’s when they try to break free before they are ready that I have found hard to deal with. I did the same thing but I always thought that when they got there we would have a different understanding than I had with my parents. I guess it doesn’t work that way because in the last few years there has been a lot of rebellion to the point of serious arguments.

Anyway, I’m tired now so I guess I will cut this off now. I don’t know if this is the kind of stuff you put in here or not so let me know. So, Hi to everyone and hope to type at ya soon.

Hello All

Just thought I would make a quick post tonight. It has a busy month around my house. My daughter will be 19 months in a few days, I cant believe she is getting so big. She is such a smart and outgoing child, she surprises me everyday with the little things that she does. I just finished getting full custody of Katherine. Her father lives up in Boston and has only seen her once, which is sad, I thought when he saw her last yr at her baptism it would of been more of a driving force for him to be involved. Oh well, not much I can do about that. Well I must cut this short and get some rest, tomorrow will be a long day. I work for a police department and am on the Night shift, which normally isn't bad except that tomorrow (my Monday) Kate and I are going over to friends so no nap for me.

Tanya

I was just wanting to know how many of you actually like coming here and posting ? i've only seen myself comment on entries and or you will only post once or you'll do x posts , there is no reason for me to try and keep this running if noone wants to speak in here,,, so please if i dont get comments from at least half of you ,, i'm going to just delete it thanks ..