Single Parenthood: Finding Quality Time With Your Child

I’m late! I’m late!

 

Do you feel like the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland? Always rushing, always trying to beat the clock? Never finding time to talk, walk, or laugh with your child? You probably knew single parenthood wouldn’t be easy, but you didn’t expect life to feel like a downward spiraling rabbit hole either.

 

The average American worker is clocking in longer hours. And that includes solo breadwinners. They’re also driving to and from soccer games and making cupcakes for the school bake sale. Often, the most important task – finding quality one-on-one time with your child – falls by the wayside.

 

Jody Seidler, a writer for single parents' network Making Lemonade (www.makinglemonade.com), offers the following advice: to find time, you must make time. Seidler recommends budgeting hours with your kids with the same care and consideration as you budget your finances. Developing these tried-and-true time management skills will move you in the right direction: