| Dating can be a complex and stressful issue for the | | | | Grocery stores, Laundromats, playgrounds, churches |
| single parent. For starters you don't have much time. | | | | and amusement parks are good places if you have no |
| Many a single parent has had to learn to be a juggler | | | | problem striking conversations with strangers. |
| between children, work, school, custody schedules and | | | | There are groups for single parents to meet and |
| financial issues. | | | | socialize. Most of these groups are not meant for |
| Then there are the kids, who may feel left out, having | | | | dating, though people do date. If you are short of time |
| to compete for mom's or dad's attention. Kids of | | | | this may not be the best option though. |
| opposite sex to the parent who are close to her/him | | | | Single parent specialty dating sites may be the best |
| may tend be overprotective, a potentially volatile | | | | way to go. Internet dating offers the single the |
| situation especially in case of mom and son. | | | | convenience of searching anonymously at your |
| Emotional drain that comes through child rearing can | | | | convenience and in your own time. You have a wide |
| also take its toll. The energy to go out to meet people | | | | variety of people who have children, and who are also |
| might not even be there. | | | | actively seeking partners. |
| We adults can sometimes act irrationally too. Admitting | | | | There is one drawback when it comes to dating |
| that one is jealous of the attention the other is giving to | | | | another single parent. You are both jugglers. And you |
| her/his children is not easy. That person could hold it in | | | | have to find a way to keep each ones children out of |
| till it becomes too much and explodes. | | | | the relationship until you get comfortable with each |
| Though to parent children are most important, they | | | | other and feel the relationship is for keeps. Why? |
| (parents) should also recognize that they do have | | | | Because you don't want to send your children the |
| emotional and physical needs. Your happiness or lack | | | | message that partners, or people for that matter, are |
| of, will rub on your children. | | | | interchangeable. And also for the safety and well-being |
| Many single parents prefer to date people who also | | | | of the children, who should be your first responsibility. If |
| have children. People who have children of their own | | | | you ask me, this is a small price to pay for hopefully a |
| know the challenges and restrictions of single parenting | | | | lot of happiness down the road. |
| and therefore more likely to be tolerant and | | | | If you are a single parent looking for a partner who |
| understanding. | | | | also has children, online dating is something you should |
| How does one meet other single parents? | | | | at least give a fair try. |