Being a parent is difficult enough – you’ll never stop worrying, fearing and hoping for your children, regardless of how old they are. When you’re a step-parent, you can also develop these feelings; however – it’s a lot more difficult…
Think back to those beloved fairy tales you enjoyed as a child and notice how the step-parent is portrayed. Stories such as “Cinderella”, “Hansel and Gretel”, and “Snow White”, all had a wickedly evil step-mother cast in the role of…
As a parent the feelings of fear, worry and hope are very obvious for your children; the same feeling are encountered when you are a parent, however to be a step parent is much more difficult than being a parent.…
A step parent’s role is always more complicated than a biological parent. A biological parent has a well-marked area and level of authority over their own child, known to both the child and parent. But, a step-parent, in absence of…
Now, many individuals make the choice to become parents even if they are not in a steady, committed relationship with another adult who’ll share the responsibility of child-rearing. Of course, there are several other circumstances that lead to divorces. Generally…
‘Single parenting’ is a phenomenon where a single parent takes care of a child or children without the physical assistance of the other parent. Single parenting can be either done by the male parent involved or the female one involved.…
There are some hard facts that surround single parents. For example in the US, there are nearly 14 million single parents today that are raising more or less 21.6 million children. Of these single parent numbers, 83.1% are mothers and…
Statistics have to be made known to the public so that prejudice against families headed by a parent can be prevented and, ultimately, stopped. Although we now live in a modern world, some discriminatory notions about single-parent families are still…
Finding out you are expecting a baby will be a magical and exciting time in your life. There will be many different changes happening to your body. Many women find it all very overwhelming in the beginning, and understanding everything…
One of the most exciting parts of pregnancy is planning for when your baby arrives, but before you get to meet your little one, you’ll need to think about the labour. The birth plan Writing a birth plan is an…
