Parenting is said to be the most important job a person can have and more often than not it is truly rewarding. Parenting can bring a great sense of love, connection, and joy accompanied by a tremendous burden of responsibility, exhaustion, and guilt. It is a job that garners many rewards and accolades when done correctly. Therefore, as parents, we all try to lean on the side of winning at parenting. You may ask why parenting is considered one of the most important jobs. Think of it this way, parents are first responders in all things related to their children. First responders are the first to arrive and provide assistance at the scene of an emergency.
Of course all things related to children are not emergencies, but they are quite important and urgent to those caring for their children. Typically, parenting is a shared responsibility, but what if you find yourself faced with embracing this job alone, as a single parent? Does the role and responsibilities of the parent change? Does it lesson for the single parent? Often times it does not. Many single parents have shared that it appears to intensify. So, if you find yourself in this position of shouldering the full responsibility of parenting, continue reading for a list of empowering tips to ensure that you have the tools to add to your tool kit of successful parenting as a single parent.
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