Importance of alone time for single parents

Dan Pearce, Blogger & Single Dad, shares advice for single parents on why it is so important to find time for themselves away from their kids
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Importance of alone time for single parents

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I think it is so important for single parents to find time for themselves away from the kid. Give themselves time to regroup. In a traditional nuclear family with a mom, a dad and kids; one parent cannot always pick up a slack when another parent needs to take a little time for themselves, but single parents don't always have that opportunity. But it so important that they make the opportunity to happen, whether it is to finding a babysitter, setting up a baby sitter swap, anything like that, they need to get away from their kids once in awhile, because lets be honest any parent that doesn't get away from their kids from time to time it's going to be, they are not going to be at their best. You need to recharge and if you never take time to recharge you slowly be drained, until you are irritable and less rational. So if you are a single parent, your kids need you at your best and that's why it so important that you find time and make time for yourself.

Dan Pearce, Blogger & Single Dad, shares advice for single parents on why it is so important to find time for themselves away from their kids

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Dan Pearce

Blogger & Single Dad

Dan Pearce is the divorced father of four year old Noah, who came to him through adoption. Dan is also the author of The Real Dad Rules and Single Dad Laughing: The Complete Second Year, and his blog, Single Dad Laughing. When he started Single Dad Laughing in the summer of 2010, his then-wife had left his life almost as quickly as she’d come into it, and he was feeling about as valuable as a dollar-store sweater (and unraveling just as quickly). He started the blog because writing has always had the power to heal him in his darkest of moments. His goal is to spread worthwhile ways of looking at things. Before becoming a writer, Dan worked in retail, in the corporate world, and as an animal artist.

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I think it is so important for single parents to find time for themselves away from the kid. Give themselves time to regroup. In a traditional nuclear family with a mom, a dad and kids; one parent cannot always pick up a slack when another parent needs to take a little time for themselves, but single parents don't always have that opportunity. But it so important that they make the opportunity to happen, whether it is to finding a babysitter, setting up a baby sitter swap, anything like that, they need to get away from their kids once in awhile, because lets be honest any parent that doesn't get away from their kids from time to time it's going to be, they are not going to be at their best. You need to recharge and if you never take time to recharge you slowly be drained, until you are irritable and less rational. So if you are a single parent, your kids need you at your best and that's why it so important that you find time and make time for yourself.