Just Be All You Can Be
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Just Be All You Can Be
Parenting is a difficult and challenging job, even more so for the single parent. Often parents feel overwhelmed and lacking in necessary parenting skills, but good parenting has more to do with the quality of parenting than the number of parents in a home. Regardless of the circumstances causing a single parent family, it is not the child's fault. Children often pay a price, unfortunately, as the single parent struggles to make ends meet financially, many times working two jobs to pay the bills. As a result, the parent may not be able to attend all the school activities, or have the time to chauffeur the kids to sports practice, dance classes, etc. Even though you are hurting and struggling physically and emotionally, take time to look at the situation through your child's eyes. Make sure the child understands it is not his/her fault the other parent is not around. And reassure continually how very much you love them and will always be there for them, and while you can't do everything they want, you will do the best you can. And the best is all we can ask from anybody.
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