Just for mums!

We know that being a mum can be wonderful and rewarding - but other times juggling everything can be complicated! To help you, we’ve put together lots of information just for mums - from occupying the kids, and talking to your teens, to making time for your partner.

Events

• Mum's the Word
  
• Teenagers! What Every Parent Has to Know
• The 1-2-1 Challenge
• Take a Break - for single parent families

Practical articles

• 7 ways to make mums feel special this Mothers' Day
• Becoming a new mum - Rebecca's story
• Do mums feel guilty?
• “Will you accept me as I am?”
• How to value your child
• Parents share their biggest worries about their teenagers
• Talking to our teens about sex
• Talking to our teens about food
• Talking to our teens about drugs
• A new family – the fun and hard work of building a stepfamily

And from ‘Looking at Life’, Care for the Family’s website
for 20s and 30s:

• Wise words for new parents
• I’m pregnant! Now what?
• Letters to a new mum
• Postnatal depression: Article by MIND
• Effective tips for discipline
• How to occupy your kids
• How do you make time for yourselves?
• My special middle child: being mum to a child with additional needs
• Money tips for single parents

Books and other relationship-building resources

• 21st Century Parent DVD and helpful hints booklet
• The Sixty Minute Mother
• The Sixty Second Mother
• Every Step Counts – building a healthy stepfamily
• Asian Parenting Matters - a course produced by Care for the Family’s Asian Family Matters initiative

Support Net information sheets

• Money, debt and family life (PDF)
• Computer games: how to help your kids play safely (PDF)
• Miscarriage (PDF)
• To work or not to work (PDF)
• Emotional rescue – coping with emotions as a single parent (PDF)
• Step-parenting (PDF)
• Christmas - how you can make the most of it (PDF)