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Things to do on a Rainy Day

Sometimes when raising children alone, especially if you have an only child, you may not always feel like a family or you just may feel…

Ten Tips for Telling a Story

It's great to get children into books... it means they can do something for themselves, even if they just make up their own stories from…

Supporting your Children after Separation

If you have recently become a single parent, it will have had a huge impact on you and your children’s lives, regardless of whether you…

Family Breakup | Ages 14 - 19 Years

A look at family breakups from the child’s point of view: What do they need to know? What will be harmful to tell them? How…

Top 10 Tips for Parenting Alone

Parenting alone is one of the most difficult jobs there is, not only practically but emotionally, financially, mentally and physically too! Here are some tips…

Feeling Depressed

Being a single parent is not depressing, however living on a low income and coping with difficult things that are happening to you on your…

Death and the Impact on Children

If your partner dies, not only do you have your own response and emotions to deal with but also those of your children. You may…

Ex Partners

Many people find themselves in a situation where they have difficulties with ex-partners. Ask anyone who has been through a relationship breakdown and they will…

Single Mum Raising a Boy

Single parents often find themselves at the rough end of society’s disapproval with questions asked about the ability of one parent to be able to…

Life as a teenage single parent

If you’re a teenager or young mother who previously lived with parents or carers, you now have to also get used to doing housework,…

Lone Dads and Daughters

Not only are you faced with parenting alone, but also raising a female... a very different species to the male! Some lone dads have…

What is Parental Responsibility?

What is parental responsibility exactly? In legal terms this is “all the rights, duties and powers which a parent has in relation to a child and…

Guardianship of Children

What happens if I die?... If you share Parental Responsibility (PR) with someone else then on your death that person will continue to have PR. If…

Why use a child minder?

It hardly feels like you've become a parent, and now you have to go off to work! But it's not all bad news. If you…

Choosing a Childcare setting

It’s always a good idea to visit several childcare providers before making a decision about who will be providing care for your child and equally…

Where to look for Local Childcare

Your local Family Information Service (FIS) is the best place to find out about registered childcare in your area. There is a FIS in…

Childcare: Ensuring Good Quality, Good Care, Good Value

Here are some guidelines about what childcare is available and where you can look for it. Get some pointers about how to ensure you…

Support for Homeless Single Parents

What support is there available for single parents at risk of becoming homeless? Being homeless or at risk of becoming homeless is soul destroying and…

Claim JSA

If you are a single parent and your youngest child is 5 years of age or over, you are now expected to be job seeker…

Child Benefit

You can claim Child Benefit if: You are responsible for a child/children under 16 years old You are responsible for a child/children over 16 who…

West Indian Culture

'Out of many people, One Culture’ – West Indian Culture - A way of life. “Out of many, one people” - the motto of the…

Income Support

To qualify for Income Support you must be all of the following: between 16 and Pension Credit qualifying age. pregnant, or a carer, or…

My Ex is lying to the CMS

My ex earns more than he declares!... "If someone is in receipt of benefits and doing work illegally, this is benefit…

My ex isn't paying child maintenance!

How do I get my ex to pay after the CMS has assessed? Our Child Maintenance expert's response... Assuming that there is a maintenance assessment…

Aggressive Teenagers

When a parent is confronted by aggressive behaviour from a teenage child it can be nerve-wracking, not least because that child is possibly bigger than…