Is anyone else sick of hearing about the cost of living crisis being spoken about as if it’s a normal and acceptable situation? An economic situation so dire that to live, or simply exist and function as a human, is becoming too expensive for many, is not something we should […]
What Qualifies as a Single Mum?
There’s nothing quite like a good case of the hardship Olympics to really bring people together (and then break them back apart again). You might think that the single parenting community is just that: a united community, but like any other group, there can be division. So, what exactly qualifies […]
Is It Safe To Use A Bouncy Castle While Pregnant?
If there’s one thing I learnt while pregnant, it’s that however niche your question about your pregnancy, another mother-to-be will have already asked it. During my pregnancy, I searched dozens of increasingly obscure questions and never came up blanks. Granted, most of the resulting pages are chatroom/comment threads without actual […]
What Support Do Single Mothers Get In The UK?
One of the first questions that many single mothers have on becoming the sole head of a household is ‘how am I going to cope as a single mum?’. Often, the biggest part of this challenge is financial. If, like me, you’re entering single motherhood after a separation, the chances […]
Recipe: Vegan Harissa Cauliflower and Chickpea Pilaf
There have been a slew of ‘marry me’ recipes on TikTok over the last few months. Marry me chicken, marry me pasta etc etc, recipes ‘so good’ that they might make someone want to propose to you. Putting aside the misogynistic undertones of the implication that women are trying to […]
How many single mothers are there in the UK?
Almost nothing can make you feel more lonely than becoming a single mother, especially if it’s not the way you planned on raising children. Still, even though you might feel like you’re the only one in this situation, especially if you don’t know anyone else close to you who is […]
‘Slowly Descending Into Madness’: The Truth About Living With Severe Pregnancy Sickness
At least one in every hundred people who get pregnant will experience Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG). It is a debilitating and severe form of pregnancy sickness that can last anywhere from 12 to 40 weeks, so bad that research suggests that 25% of sufferers experience suicidal thoughts during their pregnancy. So […]
How To Be A Happy Single Parent: The Book!
Happy Single Parents Day to all my fellow single and solo parents. Today is all about US! I’ve been a single mum for six years now, and not only have I enjoyed each and every year more than the last, this journey has taken me to places I never expected, […]
Happy Mother’s Day
To all the parents flying solo this Mother’s Day. This one goes out to you. To all the single and solo mums. To the solo dads doing the job of mum and dad and thriving regardless. To my own single mum, Jackie, who taught me that it doesn’t take two […]
Single Parents Need Support, Not Shame
Half of all children in lone parent families are now living in relative poverty. If you are a single parent, you are probably feeling the pressure. The cost of living crisis is set to hit some groups harder than others and single parents who shoulder the extra burden of bill […]