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Eating out may be a rare treat for single parents.    You can dine out on the cheap if you follow the suggestions in this article:  Single Parents - Saving Money on Eating Out

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Your child has many opportunities to participate in sports, scouts, clubs, etc.  How will you find the time to be an involved with your child’s activities?   Read  Being an Involved Single Parent for help.

If you have been emailing a potential date that you "met" on an online dating site, you will probably eventually be asked for your phone number.   Read Online Dating - From Email to Phone Calls for tips on deciding when you are ready to share you phone number and meeting face-to-face.

As a single parent, you want your children to develop good self-esteem since low self-esteem can make your child’s life difficult and potentially lead to poor decision-making that in adolescents, can affect them for the rest of their lives.  Read Helping Your Child to Develop Good Self-Esteem for ideas on developing your child’s sense of self-worthiness.

Are you getting money back from your taxes?  Your first impulse may be to plan purchases that you would like to make like clothes and electronics.  Is buying more stuff the best way that you can use those tax refund dollars? Read What Should Single Parents  Do With Their Tax Refunds

As a single parent, you may have more month than money.  But, you’ve heard that if you don’t save a huge sum of money, you won’t be able to retire.  You may not have to add retirement to your list of ongoing worries.  Read Should Single Parents  Be Worried About Funding Retirement Plans to find out why.

As a single parent, you may be overwhelmed with stress and the single parent life.  What goes on inside your head can make you feel even more stressed out.  If your child doesn’t call you when he or she normally does, do you immediately fear the worst?  This practice could be increasing your level of stress.  Read Stress and the Single Parent - When Your Child Does Not Call for tips on managing your thoughts in this scenario.

As a single parent, transporting kids to extracurricular activities, playdates, ballgames, etc., can present difficulties if you only have one car and driver in your home.    You may even have times when you need to be two or more places at the same time.    Read Single Parent Child Transportation Tips for ideas on solving your child transportation woes.

Do you know that you need to create a budget but just have not gotten around to it? Do you dread the thought of actually learning where your money is going since you think you will have to cut out the things that you enjoy? Learn how to create a single parent family budget that can allow you to meet your financial goals.

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