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About Bette Freedson

Bette J. Freedson is a clinical social worker, practicing in Southern Maine. She is also the author of many articles. Bette’s first book, “Soul Mothers’ Wisdom/Seven Insights for the Single Mother,” is available at Pearlsong Press.

Key Advice for Single Parents

Being a parent may just be the most important job in the world. Being a single parent may just be the hardest. Single parents need a tool kit of practical strategies to use along with common sense, and a healthy dose of mother's (and father's intuition!) Having raised two daughters on my own after their [...]

Single Parents: Tips for Surviving the Stress…and Beyond

Being a single parent is tough. You have too much responsibility; too many tasks; too many demands; not enough time; not enough sleep; not enough energy; not enough patience; and almost always--not enough money. However, even when you have faded, and your checkbook has fizzled, you can survive and thrive as a single parent. By using [...]

Single Moms and Summer: You Can Survive the Season!

School will be out soon, and summer, beautiful as it is, can be a challenging time for single moms. Summer's requirements for keeping children busy and safe can present problems not easily resolved without extra financial resources. However, taking care of the kids during the summer on a single mother's budget is possible. It requires [...]

Children’s Bedtime/Help and Hope for The Bewitching Hour

Are you bothered and bewildered at the bewitching hour between the “day” job, and the “night job,” aka dinner time and bedtime for the kids? If so, there is hope. By incorporating five simple strategies, and a few tips, into the hours before the kids are tucked away, and as they are going to bed, [...]

Teens and Cliques: An Adolescent Phenomenon

Teen Cliques are developmentally normal in adolescence. When these groups of tightly connected young people are founded on positive ideas and principles, they can promote the healthy emotional and psychological growth needed for learning how to cope effectively. While earlier life stages are involved with identification with the nuclear family, adolescence is a time for [...]

BETCHA You Can Become a Stress Beating Mom

Mom's have stress. It is a fact of life. The BETCHA process, a simple solution for beating stress, can calm you and help you focus more clearly on the parenting situation--or any situation. Just follow these simple steps. 1. Step One: Breathe. Your breath is the pathway to calming your mind and taming your stress. Conscious [...]

Taming Tantrums: Strategies for Tempering the Tempers!

How much do you dread your child's temper tantrums? When a child melts down, it is not always easy, but always important and particularly helpful, for parents to keep their cool! So take heart. Although these moments present an unwelcome challenge, they are manageable and when handled wisely can make parenting easier as you go [...]

Single Mothers: The Most Valuable Players Every Day

Every day single mothers are on the scene, usually behind the scenes, doing one of, if not  the, hardest job on the planet, going mostly unrecognized for their tremendous contribution to their families and communities. But last week the NBA's pick for most valuable player of the 2014 season, Kevin Durant, brought to light the value [...]

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Psychically Respectable and Respectfully Psychic

Have you wondered how come psychic readings have gotten a bad reputation and a bad rap? What is it about neon hands glowing from second story windows that seem to shout out "shlock!" Granted, as in every business, there is some "shlock" in the psychic business, and we could analyze the "how come," but I [...]

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