A year ago, Xander wanted Skylanders, so I bought Skylanders Spyros and he began collecting the Skylanders to play on it. About the time I breahted a sigh of relef that he had collected them all, he got Skylanders Giant and we dropped another small fortune. But, finally, he had all the completely separate Skylanders he needed for that. A few ( Read more... )

What all electronic devices do you allow your child to use? And how often a day? My boys are 10 and nearly 8 and we haven't given in to letting them have phones or tablets yet. However, we are getting the 10 year old the iPad for christmas this year. He currently has an iPod touch and all we hear about is how the other kids have tablets. The 8 ( Read more... )

so I was walking down the hallway and I heard both boys (10 & 7.5) in the bathroom (& THEY WEREN'T FIGHTING) & I was just happy that they were laughing so I stopped at the door b/c they were laughing and I hear...
7.5 - (Xayden) "I can make mine bigger, give me a sec"

WHAT?!?!?!

So. My ex has always been married to her career. She's an equity partner looking to become a named partner before she's 40 in a law firm. Her dads kinda a big deal in DC so she has big shoes to fill and stops at nothing to do that ( Read more... )

So how do you handle the resentment from your child / children with leaving their mother ( Read more... )

Hello! I used to be an active member of this group. I haven't been on here in quite a while though. I am still a single mother. My son is now 12 years old. A lot has changed in our lives. We have become more stable and found our nitch in how we get from day to day. That is until about 2 months ago when I went on a first date in over 5 years. Now I' ( Read more... )

Hello everyone,

I'm so thankful to be part of this group! I look forward to sharing tips and experiences with you all. I am sort of a newly single parent. I'm 35 yrs old with a 5yo daughter and 2.5 yo son.

It's very hard to figure out how much to share. I could write a small novel.

( about the break up )

Well I wanted to stop in and say HI...Im a single parent to a almost 7yr old son. It sure hasn't been a easy task being a parent let alone a single mom. I was on LJ before he was born and made some good friends. So Im hoping to do the same again but this time with people of similar interests.
My son has been the strength I need to go on each day. ( Read more... )

Hi everyone. I am not new to the community, just absent for a very long time but I am back! I was a single parent, got married, had another baby, got divorced and am currently expecting number 3 with my ex husband. This is an odd situation for the both of us but we are trying to make the most of it and do the best we can for all of the children ( Read more... )

So this morning I was a lazy parent. It happens. Everybody does it at some point, right? The baby wakes up (more like the toddler, he is almost 2) and your not ready to get up yet so what do you do? I did what I wanted to do, of course. I got the kid out of bed, changed his diaper and took him back to bed with me. I knew he wouldn't be interested ( Read more... )