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	The truth, the facts & the fears about fat Dan Davis | 18 May 2013 Its a word that when it comes to food, strikes fear into anyone trying to regulate their weight. And its not really our fault. A few decades ago food manufacturers caught on to some misguided information that foods had to be low in fat or fat free to be healthy and beneficial to re-correct increasingly poor health statistics more...
	Staying sane when breaking up Stephen Page | 12 April 2013 Probably the hardest job that exists in the world is being a single mum or dad after a breakup. Having to go through a relationship breakup with all the pain associated with that - loss, being financially devastated from the breakup, and most importantly caring for children - is extraordinarily difficult more...
	Children are reliable and truthful in their evidence of being abused Charles Pragnell | 10 April 2013 The legal presumption in the Courts of Australia is that the evidence given by children is reliable and truthful. This is embodied in various ways in the Evidence Acts of the Commonwealth and the respective States and Territories more...
	Things to Consider Before Starting a Home Business Guest article | 27 February 2013 Many Single parents would love the opportunity to work from home; and while it is a great way of creating an income and being able to be with your children throughout the day, it can also be draining, stressful and time-consuming. So we’ve compiled a list of eight things to consider before starting a home business more...

Top-Ten Christmas Gifts for under $50 Single Mum Staff | 29 November 2012 Looking for some Christmas toys and gift ideas that won't blow your single parent budget? Check out these Top 10 Chrissy gifts for under $50! But be warned - some of these great items are going to sell-out in the lead-up to Christmas, and others will require some postage time - so get your skates on, they're not going to last forever... more...

Olympic Fever Could Make You Fat Dan Davis | 02 August 2012 So the world is in Olympic mode. The UK is gripped with hundreds of different sports, some that most of us have never taken much notice of before. Even friends of mine that had no interest in the games have become entranced since the fantastic opening ceremony - women's gymnastics and beach volleyball seem to be the most popular topics of conversation! more...

Mindy Sotiri plays at Mamapalooza Festival Sydney Catherine Walsh | 8 May 2012 Mindy Sotiri is a single mum who is also a singer and songwriter. Her songs often reference mothering. We asked her some questions in the lead up to the Mamapalooza Sydney festival, which is a week long celebration of mothers in the creative and performing arts more...

Top Tips On How To Lose Weight Dan Davis | 12 April 2012 I hope you all had a fantastic holiday season and that my last article didn’t put you off a tasty christmas dinner. So what does the new year hold in store for you? What plans have you made? I’m almost certainly willing to bet my mortgage on the fact that a good fair few of you made a promise to shed a few pounds in the new year more...

Child Abuse in Family Court Freda Briggs | 06 February 2012 When a young child discloses that she has been sexually abused by a parent or parent-figure, the protective parent (usually the mother) is in a dilemma. Police and child protection services will advise her to leave the family home to protect the child more...

Back to school savings ideas for a single mum budget SingleMum.com.au | January 23 2012 It's almost back-to-school time, and we're only just getting over the financial blow of Christmas and school holidays! So how DO you outfit and stock up your kids for the new school year on a single mum shoe-string budget? more...

Identifying domestic violence Single Mum Australia Exclusive! Dr Cate Banks, Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner ...as the year is coming to a close and Christmas Holidays often brings out the best and worst in family situations, I’d like to give you some information that might be useful to consider about some of the indicators of domestic violence more...

Christmas Is Coming! Single Mum Australia Exclusive! Dan Davis, Nutritional Therapist I remember as a child growing up, that Christmas turned into an eating holiday. From Christmas morning through to bed time boxing day I think we were fed constantly more...

Kaching! Apple, Google and the banks fight over our wallets Single Mum Australia Exclusive! Jason Bryce, Business & Finance Specialist The way we pay for our shopping is changing forever very quickly. You are now parenting the first generation of people who will never need cash more...

NCSMC Single Mother Conference, Melbourne 2011 Single Mum Australia Exclusive! SingleMum.com.au Report The National Council for Single Mothers and their Children (NCSMC) held their annual NCSMC Conference on 18 November 2011 at the St Michaels on Collins Conference Centre in Melbourne more...

Food Intolerance Or Food Allergy? Single Mum Australia Exclusive! Dan Davis, Nutritional Therapist It is not uncommon to be sensitive to certain foods, and it is not uncommon for a food intolerance to be confused with an allergy. It is true that both can have similar symptoms and both have a link to the digestive system, but the two are different conditions more...

Child Poverty - Why? Single Mum Australia Exclusive! NCSMC Media Release Today some Australians will wake up to a much anticipated and required increase in their pension. But for others it is a stark reminder that we are not all treated equally and our kids are some of the biggest losers more...

Marriage - it makes no difference to children
Married versus de facto parenting study
Single Mum Australia Exclusive!

Whether parents are married or living in a de facto relationship, makes no difference to the emotional, social, and cognitive development of their children. This rather obvious conclusion has now been clearly shown in a recent research study by the UK Institute of Fiscal Studies more...

Mediation and Domestic Violence
Section 60I certificate information
Single Mum Australia Exclusive!

It’s pretty much common knowledge now that before separated parents can seek a court order about the arrangements involving children, they must attend mediation more...

Cheap for a reason - The reasons I choose butcher over supermarket
Mass produced meat comes with a price
Single Mum Australia Exclusive!

Sounds great doesn’t it, one for the fridge, two for the freezer. In barbeque season, the offers roll in thicker and faster. But how can it be so cheap? How can the meat and poultry be reared, slaughtered and packaged and even cooked for the final price labelled in store more...

The SingleMum.com.au 2011 Separation and Divorce Tax Info Links Guide
CSA tax information for 2011
Single Mum Australia Exclusive!

Tax Time 2011 - The ATO has a collection of tax info links designed especially for family breakdown - SingleMum.com.au has gathered most of them together on one page for easy reference and searching more...

Parental Alienation Syndrome...does it exist? When children reject a parent
Charles Pragnell for SingleMum.com.au | May 22 2011

Eminent Child Advocate Charles Pragnell comments on the issue of whether or not there is a mental illness called Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) more...

Breakfast: Why is it the most important meal of the day?
Dan Davis for SingleMum.com.au | April 23 2011

You've heard the phrase, "breakfast, the most important meal of the day", a thousand times or more I bet. I tell you what I've heard a thousand times, "I don't eat breakfast". Reasons given range from not having time, never hungry to "I feel sick at the thought of eating early in the morning" more...

Language women should use in the Family Court
Clare Murphy, PhD - Updated for SingleMum.com.au | February 22 2011

Many women feel like failures because they have not stopped the man they love from psychologically abusing and controlling them Most women who attend counselling – to come to terms with their partner's psychologically abusive and controlling behaviours – often beat up on themselves saying: "I let it happen" and "I feel like I've failed" more...

December 5 2010 - Latest Bureau of Statistics Australian Divorce Statistics
SingleMum.com.au

The Australian Bureau of Statistics have just released their latest study on Divorce. Here is a complete summary of the divorce statistics of 2009 more...

November 9 2010 - Playgroup Vital For Mums Happiness
SingleMum.com.au

For single parents, attending Playgroup can be of even greater importance to mums themselves. Single mums from the www.SingleMotherForum.com echoed the mother-first research results. They cited that their reasons for going to Playgroup were more...

August 20, 2010 - Federal Election 2010 - A Single Mother's Guide
SingleMum.com.au

It's Federal Election time, and there are just so many issues that need to be addressed for single mums. The big questions is which party is going to improve the lot of single mothers? It's hard to know who to vote for. The Council of Single Mothers and their Children's (CSMC), those tireless fighters for single mothers interests, have solved the problem by sending a questionnaire to each of the major political parties - Labor, Coalition (Liberal,Nationals) and the Greens. The last response has arrived just in time for the Federal Election and SingleMum has put together a brief summary of the answers more...

July 29, 2010 - Greens support single-mother issues
SingleMum.com.au Federal Election 2010 Feature

In a strong show of support, the Greens have promised to back single mum policies all the way in the upcoming federal election. In a reply to the National Council for Single Mothers and their Children, who sent policy questions relating to single mother issues to all major political parties, the Greens reply was strongly in favour of supporting current single mother issues more...

July 26 2010 - Stay-At-Home Dads On The Rise? Not So Fast...
Elizabeth Black

...I'd like to speak for the rights and welfare of hard-working primary caregiving mothers for a change, since they don't seem to get much attention in the media these days more...

July 1 2010 - Sociopath Fathers : The 'Charming' Killers
Charles Pragnell

...The sociopath is referred to in psychiatric terms as having Antisocial Personality Disorder, which is characterised by an individual's common disregard for social rules, norms, and cultural codes, as well as impulsive behaviour and a complete indifference to the rights and feelings of others more...

4 September 2009 - Uluru to Kakadu - we're going on an outback adventure, and I'm blogging it as we go!
SingleMum.com.au Blog

Tired of being told that as a single mother with two young daughters (aged 1 & 3) I "can't do this" and "can't do that", I've decided to take the bit between the teeth, grab the ankle-biters (and maybe even my mum!) and head off to the outback for a holiday! It's a three-generation-jaunt - yikes! Planes, trains and automobiles will all be covered during our trip, including taking in such sights as Uluru, Katherine, Alice Springs, Darwin and Kakadu (maybe more, who knows where our fancy will take us?!) more...

Loving Beautiful You - An article for Single Mothers

In today's world of the perfect size and the perfect hair and high fashion, it can be difficult to accept yourself and take pride in the beautifully unique creation you are. However, as single mothers, or even single women more

Single Mother On A Budget

...As a single mother you might groan at the thought of putting together a household budget with all your expenses, but its easy to do and will also help you become very financially organized more