One winter night a few years ago, I found myself lying on the bathroom floor, pausing between bouts of vomiting and diarrheoa to listen…

When I was pregnant, I secretly wanted a girl. I’d give people the standard line, “Oh, as long as it’s healthy, I don’t mind,”…

Finding good male role models for children in fatherless homes

Juggling your finances is a big part of being a solo or single parent.  We discuss WINZ, benefits, subsidies and budget advice here. 

While researching this article, I came across the sobering statement: “Children never really heal from divorce.”

 I knew having and raising a baby by myself would be hard. Really hard. 

 It looks like flossing my teeth has now become a habit. It used to be just a good intention – until I read an…

When I first became a solo mum, I thought the only way I’d find a man would be if he appeared miraculously between the…

Every Thursday night for a couple of years, my daughter and I had dinner with a girlfriend and her family. With seven people around…

 Someone once asked me, “You know those columns you write – do you do everything you write about?” Answer: no. Most times I write…