Merely surviving the summer holidays as a single parent is daunting enough, but with added childcare costs and the prospect … More
Tag: Single Mother
Camp Bestival Prep: The Single Mum’s Guide to Packing for a Festival
Pre-Jack, summer meant one thing: festivals. Starting with Isle of Wight (I never did get Glasto tickets) and ending with … More
Guest Post: Single Parent Stigma & Why It Shouldn’t Exist
Thanks so much to Jude Peppis-Clay (@gluingcheese) for this guest post on single parent stigma, and why we need to … More
A Single Mum’s Guide to (Not) Dating
‘How do you date as a single mum?’ This is a question I not only get asked quite a lot, … More
Surviving the School Holidays as a Single Parent
Today I received an email titled: ‘Single parents buckle under half-term pressure’. Something negative happening to single parents, you say? … More
My Letter to Single Mums
ICYMI, at the end of last year I wrote this letter to single mums for Harper’s Bazaar, with things to … More
Forgive my rudeness, I’m trying not to have a breakdown
(Why single mums need a little extra wiggle room) There are things in all of our lives that keep us … More
Q: Can a Woman ‘Have it All?’
A: Some of them don’t have a choice. Earlier this week I went on Eddie Nestor’s BBC Radio London call-in … More
The Single Mother Project: SMILF
In The Single Mother Project I am trying to get to the bottom of the negative connotations associated with single parents, by … More
The Single Mother Project: About A Boy
In The Single Mother Project I am trying to get to the bottom of the negative connotations associated with single parents, by … More
