Katherine Hawkins

Katherine Hawkins
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Kindergarten Shouldn’t be This Hard for Parents

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On the sidelines of my son’s soccer practice the other day I found myself inching closer and closer to moms discussing kindergarten. These types of conversations are very familiar. Very, very familiar. I have...

What I’ve Learned in My First Adult Relationship

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Dating as a single thirty-something can be a ton of fun. I wrote about it here. Being one half of a relationship can be a lot of fun too.  But it can also be...

5 Things That Ease my Working Mom Guilt

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My son is recently four years old.  He started at his Montessori school five days a week from 8 am to 5 pm two days before he turned two.   Almost exactly, half of his...

Turns Out, Divorce Doesn’t Ruin Christmas

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As the ideal parents we are, we all want our children to have blissful memories of the holidays. As a single parent, I worry that my child will be scarred for life. And this time...

7 Reasons Why Dating is Better as a Single Mom

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The last thing I wanted to think about after my divorce was dating. I don’t think I am alone in that, either.  Re-entering the cruel dating world as a thirty-something single mom, I expected the...

My PSA: Please Don’t Ask Me This About Children

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Generally, I believe people have good intentions. I mean, they mean well. But, there is a but. When did asking about personal, sensitive and private matters such as family planning become acceptable? Because regardless...

Why I am ok NOT Playing with my Child

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Being a parent is hard work.  The responsibility of meeting another human’s every single need can be paralyzing.  And meeting the basic food-water-shelter-needs does not even scratch the surface of what our job as...