Today I'm interviewing Deesha Philyaw, co-author (with her ex-husband Mike Thomas) of the book Co-Parenting 101: Helping Your Kids Thrive In Two Households After Divorce.

Co-parenting obviously isn't a competition. But let's be honest, it warms your heart just a little bit when your kid tells you your spaghetti and meat...

Single parenting isn't easy. But for all the hardships and heartache that come with raising a child without your spouse around, there are also some su...

This might just be the best surprise ever. Lori Clark, a U.S. Army major stationed in South Korea, had planned to watch her son Cameron VanVooren's...

As any frazzled single dad or single mom can tell you, raising a child by yourself is no easy feat. From getting the kids out the door in the morning ...

It's no surprise that single parenting is tough. And in a HuffPost Live segment that aired Thursday, journalist Corey Dade opened up about its particu...

If you've ever been through a divorce or bad breakup involving kids, you're way ahead in this situation, but if not, and you're like most people, you won't have the first clue what to say ("I'm sorry?" "Congratulations?").

Raising kids as a single parent is no easy feat, especially when it comes to paying the bills. We were reminded of that earlier this week, when pe...

Happy National Single Parent Day! Did you even know it was a holiday? In 1984, President Ronald Reagan officially designated March 21 as the day t...

In honor of National Single Parent Day on March 21, we wanted to show some appreciation for those parents going at it alone. What better way to do tha...

Yes, it can be very stressful, but there are actually a lot of benefits too.

During divorce, you look everywhere for assurance that you're going to make it through. You comb through self-help books, meet with a therapist, confi...

What does single parenting look like? HuffPost Divorce asked our community to send in photos of what single parenthood looks like in their day-to-d...

My husband and I were in marriage counseling and it was becoming evident that divorce was on the horizon. The one thought that kept going through my mind was how I was going to handle the demands of my professional career as a single, divorced mother.

There is big flaw in the system when it's easier to be a good parent and a good partner when you're not married to the father or mother of your kids.

As a divorced single parent of three, I had an idea that if l were honest with my kids, it would help them. But when I spoke the truth as I saw it, their confused expressions convinced me that sometimes it's just better to fib.

Nothing drive me as crazy as those women who act like some horrible tragedy has befallen my children and me when they hear I am divorced ... yes, twice

The discovery of my ex-wife's affair wouldn't have made for juicy television. I never walked in to find the lovers in our bed and I didn't stumble upon some tawdry Facebook exchange.