This Is Solo Parenthood: Four Moms Get Real About Parenting On Their Own
The Mom Hour
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4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2021
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Whether it’s for a weekend, a season, or a decade, parenting on your own introduces challenges and complications at every turn. Expanding on the conversation we began last week, today’s episode–part two in our This Is Solo Parenthood series–dives into practical tips from seasoned moms on how to survive solo parenting’s tougher moments. From bedtimes to me-time, routine changes to feelings of loneliness, Meagan and Sarah share some been-there-done-that tips from our own seasons of parenting solo, as well as tap into the wisdom of The Mom Hour community.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Sarah and I'm Megan. We're two moms with eight kids between us from |
| 0:05.2 | little to grown. We're in different areas of the country and in different stages |
| 0:09.0 | of life, but we both know that motherhood's a lot easier when real moms share |
| 0:12.7 | tips and encouragement. And remind you that it's really all gonna be okay. We're |
| 0:16.6 | not experts. We're parents who've been there. We're not perfect. We're real. |
| 0:19.9 | Welcome to the mom hour. Hey everyone and welcome to the mom hour. I am Megan |
| 0:26.0 | Francis here with Sarah Powers. Hey Sarah. Hi Megan. Hey we are excited to be |
| 0:31.3 | surprising everyone with a special episode today. This is part one in a |
| 0:35.9 | special two-part series dedicated to solo parenthood. So we know there are so |
| 0:41.1 | many circumstances where moms end up doing the bulk of parenting on their own |
| 0:45.8 | either all the time or just a lot of the time you know. So we put out a call and |
| 0:50.5 | we heard from so many of you across a really wide gamut of experiences from |
| 0:54.5 | moms who are completely single like without a co-parent in the picture at all |
| 0:58.0 | to those whose partners are traveling or working so much that they really just |
| 1:02.1 | aren't around to help. And when we even heard from one mom whose spouse is in |
| 1:05.9 | the house but struggles so much with mental illness that he's basically a |
| 1:09.2 | non-participant and I know that's just not what anyone thinks of when they think |
| 1:12.6 | of solo parenting you know. There's just so many reasons a parent can wind up |
| 1:16.8 | going it alone and they're not always the obvious ones you think of. Yeah |
| 1:20.3 | Megan I will say we went into this wanting to include as many different types of |
| 1:25.6 | experiences as we could and as we had time to air on the show but I think even |
| 1:30.3 | you and I had our eyes opened as we heard from different solo parents about how |
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