Issa Mas knew she had to call off her engagement. But at two months pregnant, she knew with equal certainty that she wanted to keep her child. Issa, who thinks of herself as being somewhere in between a single […]

When my son’s father moved from Montreal, Canada to the U.S. Midwest, our weekly visitation arrangements wouldn’t work—dad […]

When my son’s father moved from Montreal, Canada to the U.S. Midwest, our weekly visitation arrangements wouldn’t work—dad […]

My husband and I have split up, and although it was my decision to leave and it remains the right one, it sucks. We were married almost 10 years and have two daughters, so it was a […]

My husband and I have split up, and although it was my decision to leave and it remains the right one, it sucks. We were married almost 10 years and have two daughters, so it was a […]

“I don’t know how you do it!” When you’re a single parent of a special-needs child, your partnered friends of typical children will say that, over and over again (with great […]

My husband committed suicide more than a year ago, leaving me as the sole parent of our three kids, ages 10, 5 and 2. I’ve been trying to follow that sage advice, “If you don’t […]

True confession: the last two men I used the “L word” with were single fathers. No big surprise there, because as a single mother I tended to meet other parents in that situation. It’s […]

Single parenthood is easy! We have glamorous homes, hot romances and fabulous adventures. OK, maybe not necessarily, but thanks to Hollywood, at least we can dream.
I’m the mom of two […]

I’ll never forget one night in the mid-80s, when my attempts at dating as a newly-single mom of a grade-schooler reached a low point. I got my daughter into bed, welcomed the […]

When my daughter was little, dating was like tiptoeing through a minefield without a flak jacket. Because I was […]

It was sixth months after our marriage had ended, and my daughter had yet to meet someone I was dating. As far as she knew (if she thought about it at all), when she was with her mom, I […]

When it comes time to introduce your sweetie to the love of your life, it’s likely you won’t be the only one with performance anxiety. You’ll have put it off as long as […]

When he was 3 years old, my son was Curious George for Halloween, but the Tasmanian Devil may have been more apropos. His intense, highly regimented preschool had been stressing him […]

I have discovered the Fountain of Youth and it lives in my apartment. It goes by the name of Scott and strongly resembles a 6-year-old boy. My downstairs neighbors will tell you that […]

I remember that wintry Saturday morning more than a decade ago. It followed the let’s-get-through-the-holidays-for-the-sake-of-the-kids phoniness, the weeks of my husband and I […]

Father’s Day week when my son was in pre-K wasn’t my best week as a single mom. The weekend before I was terribly sick with bronchitis; I needed to […]

I’ve been called a lot of names for choosing to have a kid on my own (and daring to write a book about it): “selfish,” “thoughtless,” even “diabolical.” I brushed these off as the […]

This past Christmas accentuated one of the many complications of divorce — sharing children. My ex and I both wanted our kids. The ex’s celebration offered a ski […]

By Sherrie Page Najarian

This past Christmas accentuated one of the many complications of divorce — sharing children. My ex and I both wanted our kids. The […]

For parents of different faiths, December often brings holiday challenges. For divorced parents with joint custody, these challenges can be […]

My ex-husband and I had only been separated for five months when we signed up our 21-month-old son for his first music class. The class took place […]

I know Valentine’s Day is a silly greeting card holiday that shouldn’t really matter to me — and yet, it does. As a single woman, all the hearts […]

I know Valentine’s Day is a silly greeting card holiday that shouldn’t really matter to me — and yet, it does. As a single woman, all the hearts […]