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The upside of single parenting

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Aug 6th 2007 11:30AM

Two years ago, I expressed ignorant amazement to a friend of mine, a single Mother with a little girl. "I don't know how you do it," I said. I had just had Nolan, and the duties of new parenthood were fraying the very fibre of my soul. I was barely ...
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Learning the man tasks

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Jul 11th 2007 7:30AM

The windows are open on either side of our new home, and even though a breeze trickles through, it's hot. My hair is curling wet on my neck and my feet feel puffy. My Dad's perched up on a step ladder, his neck craned toward the ceiling, fiddling ...
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Dinner for two: take out is cheaper than the grocery store

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Jul 8th 2007 9:01AM

I try to buy nutritious, healthy food and for the most part I think I do a pretty good job. Saturday night vat of Kozy Shack notwithstanding, I eat a diet fairly rich in fruit, vegetables, dairy, protein and whole grains. And while Nolan does eat the ...
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"Always Dad: Being a Good Father During and After Divorce"

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Jun 17th 2007 9:02AM

Like a lot of fathers, Paul Madelstein took his divorce pretty hard. He had three kids, and after splitting with his wife, had to figure out how he could still be a dad even though he no longer lived with his children. There's a number of dads ...
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You get that from your mother

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted May 22nd 2007 11:27AM

Before I had kids, I remember watching other people crowd around babies, proudly proclaiming that the kid had their uncle's nose, or their 2nd cousin Lilly's eyebrows, or -- oddly -- that he or she had a certain family member's personality. I found ...
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Parent vs. Parent: Married parenting

by Sandy Maple, Posted Apr 4th 2007 11:02AM

At the age of 18, I became a single parent. Raising Christy alone was by far the most difficult thing I have ever done. I loved being a mother, but I often felt lonely, stressed out and in way over my head. I had no social life and spent all of my ...
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