Patricia Austin

Whether my choice or circumstances, single parents should not feel less of a person or feel like it’s a death sentence when facing the struggles of the parenting life. a new mom scared trying to figure out how to navigate the new waters or a seasoned mom still struggling, I’m sharing some tips on how I managed raising three boys as a single mom. They earn money for completing chores that I don’t assign, like vacuuming the floors, blowing the porch off, etc. I would constantly stress myself out feeling like I had to do it all because I did not want my kids to feel like they were missing out on anything because it was just us and them.

With three kids playing sports, working full-time and trying to maintain my personal life, I had to find a way to keep track of everyone You’ll never remember everyone’s game schedule, meeting times, parent teacher conference, etc if you don’t store the information somewhere! With four schedules, I went with the classic size because it’s small enough to fit in my work bag, yet big enough for me to include everyone’s activities on the calendar. If we don’t make things like planner time a priority, it won’t get done.