Hello everyone and welcome to the Your Village podcast, Parenting Beyond Discipline,

the place to learn about all things parenting and get your questions answered. I'm your host,

Aaron Royer. This episode is dedicated to all the single parents out there, who I admire beyond what I can

possibly share. I am extremely lucky,

not just to have a partner, but one who pitches in, a lot. But parents end up single parents for so

many reasons, and life never turns out the way we expected. And sometimes that means single

parenthood. Some parents have shared custody and some have

their kids 100% of the time on their own and with no financial support and that runs the

gamut everywhere in between. Single parents have extra challenges that dual parent households

don't. Of course there are some dual dual parent households where one is basically a single

parent and everyone has their own challenges. But for the most part, we all know that single parents

really have it tough. But I think of my poor husband. He was basically a single parent for almost a

month while I recovered from my surgery. A single parent with a

recovering wife that he also had to bring dinner in bed and water and ice and on and on. I tried not to be

too demanding and tried to ask only for what I really needed and all in one request, but I saw how worn out

he got. And that was only one month, not month after month for years on end.

So I'm going to discuss a couple of areas that while they do pertain to everyone and where

everyone can benefit, these are some areas where single parents tend to have more challenges.

The first area is support and self-care, and the second is around setting and holding

boundaries with kids. So first, I'll discuss support and self-care. This means getting some help

when and where you need it. It's no surprise that in most instances, single parents will have a

bigger challenge with this. It's 8 p.m.

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