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Archive for the ‘PSA’ Category

September 19th, 2007

The Family and Relationships Channel Blogtoberfest call for prizes!

During the month of October, we’ll be hosting our first ever Family and Relationships Channel Blogtoberfest.
We’re planning to run this event for approximately two weeks during the month of October (or until the prizes run out). And during that two weeks, we’ll be giving away some amazing prizes.
We’ve already come up with a few […]

By christina -- 0 comments

September 10th, 2007

Single moms: help us help you

I get requests for help, advice, encouragement. I try to repsond to each one personally, even though I’m usually as clueless as anyone when it comes to living more than day to day.
But I’d love to be able to help a little more. So please, when you reach out, tell me where you live. I […]

By christina -- 6 comments

July 2nd, 2007

everyone should be a little more careful…

This article in the Washington Post brought tears to my eyes. A woman, acting as a single mother for a month while her partner awaits deportation to Camaroon, made a fatal error that cost the lives of her three children: she fell back to sleep.
Her four and two year olds, and her four month old, […]

By christina -- 5 comments

June 29th, 2007

Does your kid eat Veggie Booty? Read this

There is a product-wide recall on all sizes and packages of Veggie Booty by Robert’s American Gourmet Foods. If you have any of this stuff in your house, please don’t eat it. There is a possibility that it has been contaminated with Salmonella, which can do all sorts of nasty things to your tummy if […]

By christina -- 3 comments

June 22nd, 2007

Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey and the Balancing Act

California Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey is one of us. A former welfare mom, she is now trying to make it easier on everyone to have a family, a career, and even a life outside both those things.
The Balancing Act is something every single mother should carefully consider, and lobby their local representative to support. There is […]

By christina -- 2 comments

May 27th, 2007

When they say divorce is bad for the kids, to whom are they referring?

Based on my very unscientific knowledge of how divorce affects families, and the children within them, I am beginning to question the data that’s out there descrying divorce and predicting doom and gloom for the children of ‘broken’ homes. I’m wondering… just who are they talking to? Cause from what I’m hearing from you folks […]

By christina -- 15 comments

May 19th, 2007

Solomother nominated as a candidate for top influential blog of 2007

How fun! And thank you for the nomination.
Now, here’s where we need help. Hop on over to this site and re-nominate SoloMother to keep this site in the standings. Wouldn’t that be nice, to see a single parenting/mothering blog up in the ranks? Give us some clout, some street cred, don’tchaknow?
Tags: single-mom, single-mommy, single-mother, top-ten-emerging-influential-blogs-2007

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By christina -- 1 comment

May 11th, 2007

Still time to click for charity

Baby Lune’s quest is nearly done… please visit her blog to help a women’s charity this Mother’s Day.
Please visit.
Tags: baby-lune, blogging-for-charity

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By christina -- 3 comments

April 28th, 2007

another shameless plug for the Blogger’s Choice Awards

You know, if each of you actually voted for me, I’d be pretty high up in the standings! Cause I know how many folks visit this blog on a daily basis… *ahem* I know you’d put me in first place.
It’s a pain, you have to register, but there are some great blogs out there, and […]

By christina -- 2 comments

April 19th, 2007

Vote for single mothers!!

In case you were looking for something to do that’s less addicting than surfing the Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab site, why don’t you head on over to the Blogger’s Choice Awards and vote for your favorites?
I’ll give you a hint: this particular single mother blog is on there three times. Thanks, Madame!
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By christina -- 0 comments