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A Lifeline for Single Parents

Packed with proven solutions to most of the challenges single parents face, this guide shows you how to balance work and family life; help kids adjust to divorce; manage time and money; develop a co-parenting plan; deal with dating and remarriage; raise healthy and well-adjusted kids; and more.

Single Parenting For Dummies
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Single Parenting For Dummies

A Single Parent's Top-Ten List of Questions
Single-Parenting Skill: Really Listening to Your Children
Single-Parenting Challenge: Dealing with Former In-Laws
Ease Your Parenting Anxieties

Whether your child is a newborn, a teen, or somewhere in-between, Parenting For Dummies gives you the scoop on parenting basics. From dealing with a crying baby and potty training, to building self-esteem and talking with your children about sex, this guide offers a gold mine of up-to-date advice and guidance.

Parenting For Dummies, 2nd Edition
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Parenting For Dummies, 2nd Edition

More Guides to Parenting Prowess

Let these guides help you keep the big mistakes to a minimum and make parenting easier and more rewarding:
Potty Training For Dummies
Raising Smart Kids For Dummies
Your Baby's First Year For Dummies
Homeschooling For Dummies
Baby & Toddler Meals For Dummies
Baby & Toddler Sleep Solutions For Dummies
Baby Massage For Dummies
Baby Names For Dummies
Baby Signing For Dummies
Sleep Problem for Kids
A parent's divorce or widowhood is enough to disrupt a child's sleep pattern; and if romance and remarriage enter the picture, it's yet another major disruption.
Read more in Effects of Remarriage on a Child's Sleep Habits.

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Fine-tune your parenting skills with help from these articles:
Getting Your Children to Listen to You
Using Parental Controls in Windows Vista
Exploring Why Baby Isn't Signing Back
Ten Family Characteristics That Nurture Smart Kids
Telling Your Children about the Divorce
Childcare Security Check
Whether you're hiring an in-home child-care provider or considering outside family day care, you should insist on reference checks and background checks. In the case of a family day-care operation, request a police check on any other adults living in the home.
Read more in Conducting a Background Check during Your Childcare Search.