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Though there are lots of men that don’t mind dating single mothers, most seem to approach such an involvement with caution. Here are the top 10 reasons men gave for shying away from serious involvements with single Moms.

(1) You Just Can’t Get Away.
You are tied down and can’t just scamper off for spur of the moment romantic dinners, spontaneous plays or concerts, or midnight breakfasts. Spur-of-the-moment overnight get-aways are out of the question. You have to get a babysitter. You have to make plans in advance. And if you can’t find a sitter, or your budget won’t allow you to hire one, his desire for a romantic evening or weekend with you goes up in a puff of disappointed smoke.

These days, it is not uncommon to tune into the news and find horrifying stories of girls beating up other girls, kids shooting kids at school and the list goes on. Unfortunately, violence is almost a daily part of our society, from television to war protests to schoolyard bullies, parents need to be very aware of how aggressive behavior begins and how to prevent it from becoming a problem.

Whenever a large group of kids comes together, it is a struggle for parents or caregivers to come up with enough activities to keep them busy. Nothing is worse than a room full of bored kids! There are the old standbys like musical chairs or stringing bead necklaces, but most kids have already done those hundreds of times. An art project like do-it-yourself kids kites can be just the thing to capture their attention and imagination.

Do not enter into power struggles with your children. Nobody wins in a power struggle. It’s just not worth it. Most power struggles happen as our children come into their teenage years however younger children can be very good at this too.

Recently we were at home one Friday night when some of my son’s friends came knocking at our door. They wanted Kieren (age 13) to come outside with them and play Spotlight with them at the park. It was 8.30pm at night when they called and my children had just arrived home from Youth Group. So they were hardly being deprived of entertainment. Yet my son decided that he was going to play in the park with his friends no matter what mum said. The conversation went something like this: