Raising Daughters

Raising daughters is fun, challenging and the most amazing part of my life. As a single mom, my daughters need a strong, reliable roll model. As a mom, I need support, love and understanding. Parenting in general is better with usable parenting tips, parenting advice and a supportive friend along the way. ADayinMotherhood.com aims to be that friend! My posts offer honest and real life struggles and celebrations that surround motherhood!

How Male Breast Cancer Held Me Hostage… Almost

How Male Breast Cancer Held Me Hostage… Almost

Written by Series Guest Blogger, Brooks Weatherspoon, a father of twin 12 year old girls that will give us insight into A Day in Fatherhood! Cancer….This is not a word that I ever wanted to see associated with my name. Yet, there it was hanging on the edge of the doctor’s lips. I heard the cancer [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:36-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|0 Comments

Being Single on Valentine’s Day Can be a Blessing

Being Single on Valentine’s Day Can be a Blessing

Single women get the shaft on Valentine’s Day, let’s be honest. This holiday has become all about candy and roses and solidifying the love we have with another person. But some of us simply find the constant barrage of hearts, candy and flowers to be nothing more than a reminder that we won’t indulge in [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:37-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|3 Comments

Shielding My Daughters and Lessons Learned – Daddy Edition

Shielding My Daughters and Lessons Learned – Daddy Edition

Written by Series Guest Blogger, Brooks Weatherspoon, a father of twin 12 year old girls that will give us insight into A Day in Fatherhood! In the world of parenting, what we think is correct is often incorrect. Some of us learn this the hard way, and others learn from experience of a loved one. Pretty [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:37-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|1 Comment

How to Encourage Strong Sisterhood Ties

How to Encourage Strong Sisterhood Ties

Kids are naturally going to want to one up their siblings…it is a fact of nature that seems to always rear it’s head in one way or another. Since I have daughters, it got me to wondering one day about why some sisters grow up extremely close while others seem to nearly hate one another. [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:37-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|1 Comment

What I Learned About Marriage After My Divorce

What I Learned About Marriage After My Divorce

I have never been a fairy tale girl. I have always known that things are not always as they seem. Blame it on my childhood or just on my internal make-up, but I did not want to get married or have kids for many, many years. Despite my adoptive parents 45+ year happy marriage, I knew [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:37-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|28 Comments

How to Keep Our Emotional Baggage Off Our Kids

How to Keep Our Emotional Baggage Off Our Kids

As a mother, one of the things I struggle with the most is making sure I give my kids the best chance possible emotionally. Something as simple as a passing comment can have lasting effects on a child and poor emotional habits are easily adopted as well. Finding the balance needed to keep my emotional [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:37-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|1 Comment

Tips for Solving Mother Daughter Relationship Problems

Tips for Solving Mother Daughter Relationship Problems

As a mother one of the toughest things you will ever do is challenge your daughter. Mothers and daughters are often at odds as they grow up and it is most often because the mother is trying to save them some type of pain. Any loving mother wants their kids to have it easier than [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:37-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|0 Comments

5 Great Lessons A First Pet Can Teach Your Kid

5 Great Lessons A First Pet Can Teach Your Kid

A first pet can have a lasting impression on a child. There is a pretty good chance that you remember your first pet as a kid. Most of us do. Our first pets are special and they stick with us for a lifetime. One of the reasons why first pets have such an impression on [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:38-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|1 Comment

Five Questions To Ask A Potential Babysitter

Five Questions To Ask A Potential Babysitter

Securing a really good babysitter is kind of like finding the ultimate job. You can search for years, do all your homework and still not get so lucky. When you do find one, however, it is like total bliss. As hard as it can be to leave your little ones with someone, you eventually have [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:38-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|1 Comment

How Being A Daddy Made Me A Better Man

How Being A Daddy Made Me A Better Man

Written by Series Guest Blogger, Brooks Weatherspoon, a father of twin 12 year old girls that will give us insight into A Day in Fatherhood! When I first looked at my little twin daughters sitting behind that incubator glass, I knew that big changes were ahead. I knew long before that, but seeing them lie there [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:38-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|1 Comment

When the Morning Routine Leaves you in Tears

When the Morning Routine Leaves you in Tears

I walked back from the bus stop dragging two scooters and a bicycle feeling them well up inside me. The frustration and angst that I struggled to hold down were pressuring the tears to release themselves. As I walked, fallen leaves scattering under my feet as if in fear, I listened to the roll of [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:38-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|6 Comments

Mother Daughter Date Night Ideas for Valentine’s Day

Mother Daughter Date Night Ideas for Valentine’s Day

Putting together the perfect mother daughter date night on Valentine’s Day is a ton of fun. You can go in so many directions and really make it a special memory. Spending that type of quality time with your daughter on a day like Valentine’s Day makes it even more special. Here are five really fun [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:38-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|1 Comment

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