Resources for Parents and Teachers

Single Parenting

Websites:

The following family development fact sheets from the University of New Hampshire’s Cooperative Extension program provide information for parents on how to deal with the challenges of single parenting.

• Single Parenting – Common Questions Single Parents Ask

www.ceinfo.unh.edu/Family/Documents/s_quest.pdf

• Single Parenting – Building Strong Families

www.ceinfo.unh.edu/Family/Documents/s_strgfam.pdf

• Single Parenting – Communicating Within Your Family

www.ceinfo.unh.edu/Family/Documents/s_comm.pdf

• Single Parenting – Disciplining Children

www.ceinfo.unh.edu/Family/Documents/s_discl.pdf

• Single Parenting – Not Enough Hours In The Day

www.ceinfo.unh.edu/Family/Documents/s_goal.pdf

• Single Parenting – You Are A Family

www.ceinfo.unh.edu/Family/Documents/s_fam.pdf

Books:

• Positive Discipline for Single Parents: A Practical Guide To Raising Children Who are Responsible, Respectful, and Resourceful       Written by: Nelson, Erwin, and Delzer.

          This book deals with the feelings and challenges specific to single parenting. Several common parental dilemmas related to single parenting or specific to feelings children experience growing up in a single family are detailed.