How am I going to make it by being an only parent?
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By just loving your kids, being there for them, and trusting yourself that you can do this.  \n\nJust get up every day and do what needs doing.  It is hard sometimes, talk to your friends and family members.  When you need help, ASK- it's not a sign of weakness.  \n\nYOU ARE A STRONG PERSON AND YOU CAN DO THIS- in fact, you ARE doing this!  Post that on your mirror, and never give up because your kid(s) need you. \n\nDo not wait for your life to happen when you meet someone else, it is happening right now!  Happiness is a choice sometimes. \n\nGood luck
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just go along w/it.my parents are divorced and i just made a schedule to see both parents and it works fine. you get used to it after awhile.
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I don't think that there are any sites that specifically cater to single parents.... but any of the regular networking websites should work for you.\nJust make it clear that you are a single parent so that no one is confused.
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Best advice is to talk to a family law attorney.  You'd have to prove that you'd be better off on your own than with your parents/guardian.  It's pretty tough to do, unless you can prove abuse or neglect and can prove that you have the means in which to support yourself, such as a trust fund that you would get when you turned 18, etc.  They're not too keen on emanicapting minors if it means you would have to get a full time job to survive.  You'd just wind up in foster care until 18.
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it depends on the state but where i live you have to turn the child over until the courts say that you don't have too. Make sure you write every encounter (seeing the other parent, phone calls etc.) down and keep track of how the kid is and take pictures
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You are my kind of sister, Loving_Christ. Keep obeying your parents until you are out on your own. Use your computer to go to church. Here are a few links where you can start.\n\nYou can write me if you need more help or direction.\nhttp://www.schneblin.com/studies/\nclick on the link... "email the author"
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well, first of all, if you are a single mother, do you work?\nthere are so many agancies who will help a single parent. you need to apply for housing and assistance through the dept. of human services.they will even go so far as to help you with a car if you don't have one. i used to do counsling and nursing help to persons on assistance. don't know what the laws are in your state but every state has resources to mothers who have nowhere to turn. they will even help further your education. first place to go is housing of urban developement and dept of human services. good luck hon.
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1. A good place to begin is to document the barriers to parent involvement created by such factors as family structures (dual career, single parent, teenage parent) and family work schedules (full-time, job sharing, flex-time). This can be accomplished through parent-teacher conferences, telephone calls, or a short questionnaire.\n\n2. Documentation of the barriers to parent participation can be used to develop policies that are likely to work with the parent community. For example, more options may be needed as to when parent-teacher conferences are held (before, during, and after school), how they are held (face-to-face, by telephone, by computer, in small groups), or where they are held (at the school, in the home, at a neighborhood center, or at the parent's place of employment).\n\nCreate a comfortable conference environment in which parents feel free to share information, ask questions, and make recommendations. Allowing parents to begin the conference by asking their own questions and expressing their own concerns is one way to convey respect for their input. Here are some other ways to share responsibility with parents during the conference:\n\nSchedule an adequate amount of time for the conference so that the parent does not feel rushed.\n\nIf the conference is held at the school, point out to the parent the projects that involved his or her child.\n\nBegin and end the conference by noting something positive about the child. \n\nAsk open-ended questions ("How do you help your child with her shyness?") instead of "yes" or "no" questions ("Do you help your child with her shyness?"). \n\nCommunicate in a way that matches, yet shows respect for, the parent's background. Be careful not to make assumptions about a parent's level of knowledge or understanding, and avoid talking down to parents.\n\nSend nonverbal messages of respect and interest. Sit facing the parent and maintain good eye-contact. Put aside paperwork and postpone taking notes until after the conference has ended.\n\nInstead of offering advice, ask the parent to share feelings and suggestions for addressing an issue. Then offer your own input as a basis for negotiation. \n\nMore information Here:\n\nhttp://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/parent.participation.html\n\nThis site has some really terrific ideas also:\n\nhttp://www.teachervision.fen.com/parent-teacher-conferences/teaching-methods/3854.html
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Well... your life is about to be changed big time!!!!  I was in your situation years ago... sick to my stomach about how i was going to tell my parents.  when i did the first question out of my Dad's mouth was what are you going to do? how are you going to support a baby?\n\nI think that is probably the biggest question from parents... how are you going to raise a child when you aren't even an adult? what happens when you don't have a boyfriend to help you??? what then? what happens in a few years? what are your plans?\n\nThinking back on those days I wish I had spent some time figuring everything out before I'd spilled the beans. Here is what I wished I had done...\n1.  gone to DSHS or family services or whatever it is called in your area for medical help, information on child care support, and assistance. then i would have known what support is available to me from the state.\n2.  i would have enrolled in school immediately and tried to get through some sort of certificate program. If I couldn't get into one because i didn't have a GED then I would have started on my plan to get the GED done immediately.\n3.  a plan for the future..... I know I want to be a ______(fill in the blank) and this is how I'm going to make that happen. If you want to be a dental hygenist, you know the technical college you can go to.  you've been there and talked to the counselors and they are helping you get going.  \n\nMy thoughts today are now that if I had shown I had a plan to take care of myself and my baby my pregnancy wouldn't have been such a hard hit on them... they would have thought and felt like I was atleast being responsible... even if it wasn't maybe so responsible to be pregnant as a teenager.  \n\nso, my suggestion is work hard on pulling your and your babies future together before he/she arrives. know that this future has to be independant of any boyfriend. jump into school right now! get a jump start because when your little one comes it is going to be much more difficult and expensive to be in school!!!! unless you want to live on minimum wage the rest of your life you need to go to school!\n\nnext...... go to a pro-life counselor and talk!!!! i'd love to chat more with you and even give you some ideas on your boyfriend. if you want to chat email me through here. good luck!
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It depends on what kind of support you are looking for.\n\nIf you are a parent of a school-age child and want to have general parenting support, check with your principal and your parent-teacher organization. If there is a particular parenting issue you are interested in, ask the school counselor about what community organizations already exist, if any, and find out if you can include your school as a meeting site. If there is no group yet, ask the counselor how to start one, or who you should talk to in your district about it.\n\nIf you are a student, identify what you want your group to focus on. Write up your idea, find at least 10 other kids interested in it, and then go to the principal to request group status.
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add becoming a parent to the top one....
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1. Contact an attorney in your state.\n2. Pay your child support.  I won't even go into what I think of parents who have no desire to support their children...
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Yes there is..It's called wellfare help..sounds awful i know..but this is about supporting your 3 kids till things get better in your life..and it will..it's just going to take some time...trust me the wellfare office understands the struggles of single parents and by u going down there to apply for the things that u are having trouble to make ends with...they will help u...so long as u are 100 percent honest with them...Number one..if u don't have medical insurance to cover the kids...u will get it right away..since u are a family of 4.(not including this guy)and u make 40 thousand or less u can get it..including foodstamps..(just untill things get better).U can also apply for public housing..sure that sounds awful..but there are alot of places that are decent as hell and u wouldn't ever know that the landlord allows section 8 people.(section 8 means the landlord gets there rent period no questions ask cause the state pays him u pay him just a little maybe only 100 to 200 a month only set back is u are on a waiting list..but it goes quick in the spring time..u can also get help with heat the list is endless..all u need to show them is all the kids Social security numbers,yours as well..proof of paycheckstub from your job and copys of all your bills that u pay.like car insurance gas bill electric bill ect ect..u will be flabbergasted on all the areas that the wellfare dept can help u with...Remember this is your tax money that is helping u so why not make it work for your kids\nthere is also a place called the YWCA not YMCA(thats for men)they help with apartments furniture childcare ect ect..i know u ask for financial help here..instead of getting a check to cover your bills..all that i mention above they personaly pay your bills for u..if u ever want to talk more to me please feel free to contact me through my name...Good luck sweety u can do it..and get rid of the abusive so called boyfriend u don't need this right now..u and your kids come first and nothing else..PERIOD
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You didnt say how old are you, and what you mean about privacy and life by your own.\nYou have to talk, talk and talk, comunication is the tool to get everything you need. But to talk, comunicate and convince others you have to have very strong arguments.\nAnd as you want them to understand you and think about you, you have to understand them and think about them for a while, parents will be parents for their whole life, and you will be their baby, it doesnt matter how old you are, how independent you have became, or how strong you feel. \nGive them information, so they can feel the security that you will be ok, and that you can deal with the problems and issues you find in your way; so they can let you go easier. \nRemember they do whatever they do, because they love you so much, that you can't imagine, you will figure it out when you become a mother.
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well its not easy\nu just need to clear out how u feel\nand thrs no use of fighting over past\ntell thm to live in the present and as parents thy have some duty towards u\nso thy shld take care abt ur happiness  rather thn fighting over petty issues\nthey have no right to destroy their child's life\nask thm to give u peace rather thn mental torture
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I have a friend who is a single father. When he went to talk to the Air Force they told him that he had to sign over part custody to his mother so the kid would be taken care of while he went to basic training and tech school. I know you have to sign over some of your custody to someone but I don't think all of it. Call an Air Force recruiter and they will tell you what you need to do.
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LIfe is not fair. Adults don't get to do EVERYTHING (as you put it) that they want to do, why should you? They are the ones that gave birth to you, raised you, clothed you, fed you, gave you money to buy things with, and this is their thanks? You can always file for emancipation, but you have to prove that you are able to live independently and support yourself, which it doesn't sound like you could do. You could alway tell the Child protective services that they abuse you, then you could live in foster care, where they make you eat your own puke (my aunt's adopted son did at one foster home he lived in before his adoption), and they get money to make you do it. Stop sniveling and be thankful that you have TWO parents that love you enough to care where you're at, whether you're hungry, whether your clothes are clean, blah blah. Many kids are LUCKY to have even one parent these days, and are tripley blessed if that ONE cares about them.