Being a parent is tough for a myriad of reasons; the pressure to keep all the proverbial balls in the air can be huge, and when you're going it alone, it's not uncommon to undermine your own confidence with doubt.
1. SocietyCombat feelings of loneliness and isolation by creating community a network of other solo parents can help accomplish daily challenges. Don't limit yourself to only singles building a community of kindness can truly be just that: parents helping parents, people helping people.
2. Realise Your Strength
Chances are if you're a single parent, you've been through some sort of character-building life experience where your worth may have been questioned. Pile a bunch of looming doubt with a side helping of guilt on top of that and it's no wonder that even at the best of times we can feel our self-confidence waning.
3. Seek Help
We know, we know, you don't want to be a burden right? And you feel bad asking for help because somehow it means that you can't handle things on your own. Truth is, the challenge of single parent-dom is that we are already down one team player and our support network is considerably smaller too.
4. No Comparison
In this age of social media and curated perfection, it's hard not to sigh wistfully at filtered snaps of kids with two parents, but your little family of two or three or however many there are, with you single parenting at the helm, is perfect just as it is.
5. Self Realisation
Taking time out for yourself after you've had kids seems to continually slip further and further down the list of priorities. But taking care of you (mom or dad!) becomes more important now than ever.