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PARENTING SERIES: P8 – SINGLE

PARENTING AND STEP FAMILIES

The Big Picture
This pamphlet focuses on the special needs of single parents, parents who are cohabitating with
another partner, and parents who have remarried and may be blending two families together.

The pamphlet reviews the basic things kids need in a family situation to feel safe and secure. The
pamphlet touches on key ways to be successful as a single parent, if you are living together with
someone, and tips for bringing two families together. An exercise helps understand how setting
up routines in the household can make a huge difference for their kids.

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The IM helps parents identify specific issues to single parenting, live-in partners, and step
families and understand how the age of a child can impact their reactions and how they interact
in the family setting. The IM also provides tips on dating when you have kids, and successfully
parenting when parents develop new relationships. Parents will identify the things they can
control and not control in their current household situation, and explore hidden issues that
cause us to deflect anger at others.

Activities Learning Objectives
After completing this pamphlet the parent should be able to:
In Pamphlet: For Evaluation Only
 Setting up Routines From Pamphlet:
 Hold a family meeting  Identify the emotional and physical needs of children in a
once a week family setting.
 Identify good parenting techniques for single parents.
In IM  Identify issues that impact kids when you have a live-in
partner.
 My Child – Our Current  List what makes a healthy step-family.
Family Setting From IM:
 My Household Situation  Explain issues of single parenting that impact the parent as
 What’s Really Making a mother or father.
You Angry?  Identify how dating choices impact children.
 Personal Parenting Rule /  Identify how children react to live-in partners at different
Action Goal ages.
 List ways that children can successfully adapt to a new step
family relationship.
 Identify the impact of the non-custodial parent remarrying
or having a significant relationship on kids.
 Identify ways to manage anger so I you don’t deflect it.
 Write a personal parenting rule related to this topic.

 Set and accomplish a parenting goal for this pamphlet.

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