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When single parenting feels impossible despite what you see online

I put my kids to bed and then I sit on the kitchen floor eating cereal for dinner wondering how other single parents make this look so easy on social media.

Hypatia
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The parent's daily struggle with basic functioning is amplified by curated images of other people's apparent competence and joy.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Single Parenting?”

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