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How to Cope with Empty Nest Syndrome When You’re a Single Parent

By Zawn Villines — 2019

The transition from actively parenting children to a quieter life without children in the home can be difficult for any dedicated parent. For single parents, the transition may prove especially challenging.

Read on www.goodtherapy.org

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Life as a Stepmother is No Fairytale—I Feel Sorry for My Wife

The children are angry and vulnerable, the father sides with them out of guilt, and stepmothers are just expected to suck it all up

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Tim Lott
2015
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Dating As a Single Parent: After the Kids Go to Bed

How to make it work at home.

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Leah Klungness
2017
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Dating: The Struggle Is Real for Single Parents

Deciding how to handle dating situations can be an issue in any relationship.

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Lea Lis
2019
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My Husband and I Grope Each Other in Front of Our Kids, and Here’s Why

My husband and I grope each other constantly. I don’t think a day goes by without at least one of us copping a feel. I say this proudly because after almost 20 years of being together, we are still hot for each other. And I don’t see any reason to hide this from our kids.

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Elisha Beach
2021
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The Beauty in Mental Illness

Look more closely and you’ll see.

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Edward Hallowell
2018
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Stay-at-Home-Mom Depression Is Real—and You’re Not Alone

There’s a stigma around being a stay-at-home mom, and society doesn’t talk about the loneliness, isolation, and loss of identity that sometimes accompanies this choice. Here’s what you need to know about stay-at-home mom depression.

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Courtney Lund O’Neil
2020
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Sometimes Motherhood Is the Loneliest Thing Ever

I’m afraid to need friendship, but it doesn’t change the fact that I do.

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Sarah Kovac
2019
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Motherhood Can Be a Lonely Place

Without adequate social support, many new moms struggle to feel happy.

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Esther Hsieh
2015
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How to Cope With Loneliness as a New Mom

What catches most new moms by complete and utter surprise is the intense—and sometimes dark—pit of loneliness they feel, even though they have a newborn by their side all day, every day. And, this loneliness affects far more moms than you might expect.

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Sherri Gordon
2020
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You Can Smell a New Mother’s Loneliness. Unless You’re the State

As a new mum, I know loneliness cuts deep – and the lack of services for parent and child plays a large part in this.

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Nell Frizzell
2018
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