Parenting & Children
5 Creative Solutions For The Most Common Divorced Working Mom Issues
Some of my blogs have investigated the special challenges working divorced women face. Here are 5 creative solutions for the most common divorced working mom issues. While the harrowing experience of divorce is tough on all parties involved, women face special challenges. Most divorced working moms must juggle financial constraints, parenting and childcare, relationships, and…
Read More7 Reasons Why Working Moms Have It Harder When They’re Also Divorced
Being a mom is a full-time, often thankless job. Being a working mom takes motherhood to another level. And there are reasons why working moms have it harder when they’re also divorced…reasons that earn them extra kudos and maybe even a superhero cape. According to Statista, children of divorced parents in the US overwhelmingly live…
Read MoreNew Parents: How To Tell If You Have Postpartum Depression
(and how to handle it if you do…) You just brought a new little life into the world. The perfect combination of traits from you and your partner resulted in a precious tiny human, a bundle of joy. Yet you don’t feel the joy you were expecting just a few days ago before you delivered.…
Read More5 Heartbreaking Struggles Of A Single Divorced Working Mom
A single divorced working mom definitely faces struggles single working women without children don’t have. The break up alone was heartbreaking, but taking up the slack of even the laziest husband in terms of keeping the household running and the bills paid ads another dimension to the word “divorce.” Single divorced working moms are my…
Read MoreGood Parenting Advice For New Parents
It happened! The moment you’ve been waiting for. A new chapter in your life’s story just began: You’re a new parent. You may have looked to this moment with excitement or a little bit of fear, anticipation or anxiety. The easy part was labor and delivery (as difficult as that might have been). The hard…
Read MoreWhat To Do When Good Parenting Goes Wrong
Even good enough parents sometimes make mistakes. Even the best of parents has an off day (more often, an off year) with their adolescent or teen. Here’s what to do when good parenting goes wrong. Time was your kid listened to you, did everything he was told, thought you’d hung the moon. Now he’s off…
Read MoreHow To Make Good Parenting Decisions
5 Tips From A Mother On The Other Side Of The Parenting Wormhole I had a friend I shared maternity clothes with who made me vow I’d never read a parenting guidebook. I laugh at that now, because it’s a promise I’ve broken all too frequently. The first time I read a guidebook was when…
Read MoreThe Kathryn Brown Ramsperger Episode at Mindsoak.me
On April 20th, 2017 I was interviewed on Jon Filetti’s mindsoak.me podcast where I shared my perspective on parenting, happiness, working through troubled times and keeping a positive mindset as we overcome our hurdles. It’s episode No. 63 and you can read and listen here: http://mindsoak.me/63-kathyrn-brown-ramsperger-episode/
Read More7 Strategies To Get Your Teen To Listen To You (FINALLY!)
Getting kids to listen may be the hardest thing you’ll ever do. From the time they can walk, they want to be like us, and as they approach adolescence, it’s only right they’re moving toward owning their power and independence. Combine that with raging hormones, stress, or just plain “feeling different,” and you’ve got an…
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