“I am a recovering parent of dating my child.”
Does this sound familiar? There’s a great piece in today’s Minneaoplis Star-Tribune by Gail Rosenblumon on “When kids become confidants: Single parents often enjoy a special bond with their children. But too much togetherness could stunt growth — for both.”
Parenting is an exhausting, albeit exhilarating proposition. Single parenting can be doubly so. Still, despite loneliness, financial worries, or just a burning desire for somebody else to clean the toilets, many single parents say it’s easier to lean on the comfort and familiarity of their offspring than spring back into the adult world of dating.
Also the writer kindly gives a nod to “Single Mom Seeking: Playdates, Blind Dates and Other Dispatches From The Dating World,” and other books for “the growing number of happily unattached women of all ages,” such as “The New Single Woman,” by Kay Trimberger and “Single by Chance, Mothers by Choice: How Women are Choosing Parenthood Without Marriage and Creating the New American Family,” by Rosanna Hertz.
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March 20th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
This is a great post!
I’ve seen it happen so many times and, as a teacher, had to deal with the psychological repurcussions. I’m sure it’s a difficult situation to work around, but one that must be addressed.
Thanks for posting this!
March 21st, 2007 at 12:59 pm
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March 29th, 2007 at 12:34 am
Thanks Ivy! I’ve just started reading your blog, too.
Rachel