Single Parents

  • EntertainmentYahoo Life UK

    Are single parents right to put their children before dating?

    Rachel Bilson and Louise Redknapp have both admitted their kids come before finding love.

  • NewsMarie-Claire Dorking

    Mum is criticised for teaching her son that housework isn’t just for girls

    Which is why one woman wanted to shout about the fact that she was teaching her son to do household chores, so he’d realise early on that housework wasn’t just for women. Mum-of-two Nikkole Paulun from Michigan took to Facebook to share pictures of her six-year-old son, Lyle doing the washing, loading the dishwasher and cooking, alongside a lengthy caption explaining why it is so important to her that her son learns these important life skills. “I teach my son to cook & do household chores.

  • LifestyleAOL

    Fifth of single parents missing out on child maintenance

    A new study has revealed that as many as a fifth of single parents in the UK are missing out on child maintenance thanks to the 'complicated process'. The research, conducted by Pay Plan, shows that more than 21% of single parents are

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  • NewsAOL

    Programme 'failing single parents'

    A flagship Government employment scheme is failing many single parents who are often "invisible" in the system, a report has claimed. The Gingerbread group, which campaigns on behalf of single parents, called for an urgent overhaul of

  • LifestyleAOL

    Child Support Agency charge backed

    Iain Duncan Smith has defended proposals to charge single parents for using the Child Support Agency, stating "we're not asking for much". The Work and Pensions Secretary said the current system was "completely