Posted in Joy Based Parenting, Parenting Advice, Single Parenting on Jul 1st, 2010
I have prided myself, as a single mom, in being self-reliant. I can do it all has been my motto! Hand me a challenge and watch me power down and make it through. Phew! Even writing about it makes me tired. Where did I get the idea that it was an asset to hold it [...]
Posted in Joy Based Parenting, Parenting Advice, Single Parenting on May 2nd, 2010
I never would have thought the best parenting I’ve done could be seen, by some parenting experts, as the worst. Whew, does that make sense at all? I continue to notice situations where I’ve had the least agenda is where my daughter is thriving. An example is bed time. My daughter has never been given [...]
Posted in Joy Based Parenting, Parenting Advice, Single Parenting on Apr 25th, 2010
This week I’ve noticed, when having an agenda, my daughter, simply refuses to engage. Today, coming in from the grocery, I asked her to unload one of the bags. I’d taken her to lunch, bought her a sweet treat and driven her to a friend’s house so I thought asking her to unload one little [...]
Posted in Joy Based Parenting, Parenting Advice, Single Parenting on Mar 11th, 2010
My daughter has struggled with homework for the last year. Unfortunately, I struggled right along with her, which only added to her stress. When I finally backed off and managed my own anxiety she had the space to find her way. Last night she had 3 pages of questions to answer, which was a real [...]
Posted in Joy Based Parenting, Parenting Advice, Single Parenting on Feb 28th, 2010
I’ve learned raising a beautiful, strong authentic daughter requires I live and parent from this place inside myself. Learning to trust myself andrelying on my internal wisdom, instead of using techniques to control my daughter’s behavior, has been challenging. It has taken a leap of faith and a devotion to making our relationship the number [...]
Posted in Parenting Advice, Single Parenting, Unconditional Love on Jan 10th, 2010
When I adopted my daughter 9 years ago, I promised to be the BEST parent I could be. Honestly, I was afraid to be a mom, so I waited until my forties to adopt. Even though I love children, I was always afraid I might not be able to be the mom I always dreamed [...]
Posted in Joy Based Parenting, Parenting Advice, Single Parenting, Struggling Teen on Sep 8th, 2009
Today, I am feeling the tenderist place in my heart. As I open to this exquisite place, my heart breaks open to an even deeper place with my daughter. Often, when I’m busy and trying so hard to ‘keep it together” as a mom, I notice that my heart closes. Even though I can still [...]
Posted in Love-Based Parenting, Parenting Advice, Single Parenting, Struggling Teen on Jul 23rd, 2009
Being a single parent, I get overwhelmed with all the things my daughter leaves around the house. I am always picking up something that shouldn’t be there. One of my biggest irritants are those long clear, tube popcicle wrappers. Of course, I buy boxes of them in the summer and leave them in the freezer [...]
Posted in Love-Based Parenting, Parenting Advice, Single Parenting, Struggling Teen on Jun 30th, 2009
Being a single parent, I move into overwhelm when I have too much on my plate. Trying to make sure that everything gets done, often doesn’t leave a lot of down time to take care of me. Unfortunately, when I am overwhelmed, my daughter, joins right in. She can’t keep her equalibrium when I [...]
Posted in Parenting Advice, Single Parenting, Struggling Teen on Jun 25th, 2009
What we focus on is what we will see. When I find myself focusing on all the things my daughter is doing that I judge as negative, I often find even more. When I’m tired and down on myself, I can walk in the house and within 2 minutes see everything that she hasn’t put [...]
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