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!

Five Sure Fire Tips to Handle Childhood Fears – Daddy Edition

Five Sure Fire Tips to Handle Childhood Fears – 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! When I was a child, I was deathly afraid of spiders. Every single time I climbed into my bed, I felt spiders crawling up my legs. It was a fear that [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:40-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|2 Comments

Five Life Skills You Should Teach Your Kids Early

Five Life Skills You Should Teach Your Kids Early

Life skills are those things that we simply can’t do without in our adult lives. They are the skills that we build from as our foundation and without them, our happiness in life is much more evasive. Life skills are often overlooked as well. Parents get so wrapped up in right and wrong that they [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:40-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|2 Comments

Embracing Individuality When You Have Multiple Children

When you are raising multiple kids at once, you run into all kinds of unique problems. One of the most common is the problem with individualism. You want to treat your kids equally, but you want to recognize them all as being unique too. Finding the right mix of this is a tricky proposition. As [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:40-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|1 Comment

Five Tips for Assigning Chores To Kids Successfully

Five Tips for Assigning Chores To Kids Successfully

Assigning chores is not exactly fun. Kids are naturally going to be resistant and we have our work cut out for us before we even get started. That said, we are not helpless in this situation. We have tools in our arsenal that can help a great deal if we are willing to use them. [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:40-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|2 Comments

Judging Me as a Mom Does Not Make You Right

Judging Me as a Mom Does Not Make You Right

I was not going to write about this but the more time I spend thinking about it, the more I have to get it off my chest. Because sometimes, you just have to speak up. I have to say, Judging Me as a Mom Does Not Make You Right! Last night I put a status on [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:40-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|85 Comments

Be a SUPER Holiday Shopper with These 11 Easy Tips

Be a SUPER Holiday Shopper with These 11 Easy Tips

I would say that I am a mediocre shopper when it comes to holiday shopping. I barely like to go to the grocery store let alone store after store looking for the perfect gift. Someday I aim to be better, though. I want to be a super Holiday shopper. One with a list, a plan [...]

2019-09-27T12:13:32-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|1 Comment

5 Girls Gifts That Daddy Should Never Be Asked to Purchase

5 Girls Gifts That Daddy Should Never Be Asked to Purchase

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! I absolutely adore buying my kids new things. Like any parent, I don’t want to spoil them but the look on their faces when I do is as much fun for [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:40-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|2 Comments

What To Get A Girl For Christmas – Single Mom Edition

What To Get A Girl For Christmas – Single Mom Edition

It is so hard to be a single mom in today’s world. First off, there are all the normal difficulties that one would expect…. runny noses, impossible schedules, etc. Holidays are the worst though. The exhaustion piles up quickly and it doesn’t take long to realize that you are running on fumes. With this in [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:41-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|1 Comment

Child Model’s Mom Being Bashed for Over-Sexing Her Daughter. Do you agree?

Child Model’s Mom Being Bashed for Over-Sexing Her Daughter. Do you agree?

A while back I saw some photos of little toddler g-strings that made my skin crawl. A while later I saw some photos of a 6 or 7 year old in a spaghetti strap shirt with the straps hanging off her shoulder, legs spread, definitely provocative. It grossed me out to no end. I certainly [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:41-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|1 Comment

Training Bras and Woman Things – A Daddy Survival Guide

Training Bras and Woman Things – A Daddy Survival Guide

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! I have dreaded it for years. I knew that one day my daughters would have to talk to me about the woman things. The “woman things” are what my mother affectionately [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:41-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|2 Comments

Casey Anthony Wants Another Baby?

Casey Anthony Wants Another Baby?

If this story is actually true, I don’t know how to react! MailOnline.com is reporting that Casey Anthony wants another baby. The mother who was acquitted of killing her 3 year old daughter and leaving her in a trash bag wants another baby. Apparently, she is meeting and talking to men who wrote he in jail [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:41-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|2 Comments

Teaching My Children Justice in an Un-Just World #ICantBreathe

Teaching My Children Justice in an Un-Just World #ICantBreathe

Another jury has decided that a police officer is not legally responsible for the death of a man. Eric Garner was put in a choke hold in July on Staten Island after an altercation with police that started with cigarettes. He was taken to the ground by multiple men, put in a choke hold for no [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:41-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|4 Comments

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