{"id":286023,"date":"2022-05-04T10:50:48","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T14:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chooselovemovement.org\/?p=286023"},"modified":"2022-05-04T10:50:48","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T14:50:48","slug":"how-to-get-me-time-as-a-single-mum-over-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/server.peraltadev.com\/chooselove\/how-to-get-me-time-as-a-single-mum-over-40\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Get Me Time As                                A Single Mum Over 40"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>How To Get Me Time As A Single Mum Over 40<\/h2>\n<p><strong><em>by Scarlett Lewis<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Want a crash course in managing chaos with grace? Think&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchytales.com\/single-mum-giuditta-pasotto-how-i-started-my-life-over-with-gengle-it\/\">single parents<\/a>.&nbsp;<strong>According to the 2021 US Census Bureau, out of 11 million single-parent families with children under age 18, nearly 80 per cent were headed by single mothers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2019\/12\/12\/u-s-children-more-likely-than-children-in-other-countries-to-live-with-just-one-parent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;Pew Research Center study<\/a>&nbsp;found that in the U.S. nearly a quarter of children under the age of 18 live in a single-parent household, more than any of the 130 other countries and territories they surveyed.&nbsp;<strong>Between first and second marriages, the worldwide&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchytales.com\/divorce-after-50-how-i-moved-on-with-my-life\/\">divorce<\/a>&nbsp;rate is about 50%.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This leaves a lot of midlife women struggling to be the end-all, be-all for their kids, and themselves<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>I was a single mum for my entire parenting career<\/strong>. I don\u2019t think I ever slowed down to appreciate the extent of this until I led a nonprofit organization. I realized then what a feat that was.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Receiving complaints about being overwhelmed and fatigued from vicenarians had me reflecting upon my pre-dawn wranglings<\/strong>&nbsp;where I single-handedly got my children ready for school, went on a long commute to work, and sometimes worked overtime hours.&nbsp;<strong>My days culminated in running solo for nightly homework, dinner, bathtime, reading, and prayer rituals.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchytales.com\/how-to-get-me-time-as-a-single-mum-over-40\/\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nRead More on Crunchy Tales<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How To Get Me Time As A Single Mum Over 40 by Scarlett Lewis Want a crash course in managing chaos with grace? 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