Toddler
Helping a Toddler Cope With Divorce
If you’re worried about the impact your divorce is having on your toddler, read on for advice on how to smooth the transition of this difficult life event.
Parenting
Single Mom: The Kids Will Be Alright
What happens when being the single mom to your four kids is exhausting?
Relationships
Stories Don’t Mean Anything If You’ve Got No One To Tell Them To
Is blogging all truth, or is there fiction in the retelling of our stories? Kristen Chase talks about her ex’s reaction to her column.
Big Kid
If You’re Shallow And You Know It, Clap Your Hands!
I’ve never been the kind of parent to go for the flashy or extravagant gift for my kids, except I finally did, and it feels fantastic.
Relationships
There’s No Place Like Far From Home For The Holidays
Surviving divorce with kids can be a daily challenge, but when the holidays roll around, it’s a whole other ball of emotional wax.
Relationships
Can a Marriage Survive an Affair During Pregnancy?
A new mom is struggling with a very difficult relationship issue and is looking for some outside perspective.
Parenting
True Colors
Kristen Chase talks about co-parenting in a divorce when the parties are vastly different in their beliefs.
Parenting
Single Mom: What About Staying Together for the Kids?
Single Mom of four Kristen Chase answers a reader question about making the decision to stay in an unhappy marriage for the sake of the kids.
Relationships
Toxic Family Ties
A new mom is in the middle of a War of the Roses in her family and needs advice on how to not let it affect her life and family relationships.
Relationships
When the Abuse Doesn’t Stop…Even After You’ve Left Him
A divorced mom needs advice on establishing boundaries with her ex-husband (and the father of her children) who continues to emotionally abuse and manipulate her.
Parenting
Sleep Problems After a Separation
The young child of a recently separated couple is facing separation anxiety at bedtime especially after some inconsistency in the nighttime routine. Should his mom stick to his regular schedule or give in to his co-sleeping requests?
Relationships
On Motherhood and Marriage Regret
Kristen Chase talks about motherhood and marriage regret, and how giving ourselves permission to step outside the box might be the key to personal happiness.
Parenting
Soulmates
Parenting a big family can be a tough challenge, but there are certainly a lot of rewards, perhaps even unexpected ones, too.
Parenting
Stop Hitting Your Sister!
A young girl is having some BIG emotions, difficulty with impulse control and lashing out at her sister after experiencing unsettling events. How do we get her to stop hitting her sister?
Parenting
We’ve Got Each Other. And That’s All That Really Matters.
As cliche’ as it might sound, having each other, being with each other, it’s all that really matters in the end.
Your Life
Dear Former Self, Welcome Back.
Feel like you’re a better mother for giving all of yourself to your kids? Turns out that the best thing you can do is keep some of that for yourself.
Relationships
We Haven’t Come A Long Way, Baby.
On traveling alone as a single mother, and how we’re judged according to standards way higher than our male counterparts.
Your Life
Single Mom: Honesty is the Best Policy
Staying in a bad marriage can make you a liar to your friends, your children, and yourself. Here’s how single mom Kristen Chase started telling the truth.
Relationships
On Being Sad
Is sadness a bad thing? Kristen Chase talks about letting feelings out to let them go, with the hopes that they’ll find peace and that she will too.
Your Life
Single Mom: Anything is Possible
As much as single moms might not want to admit it, there’s a fear of being alone. Kristen Chase shares her own worries about finding love again.