10 Best Parenting Books For Single Moms
Updated on: September 2023
Best Parenting Books For Single Moms in 2023
Calmer, Easier, Happier Parenting: Five Strategies That End the Daily Battles and Get Kids to Listen the First Time
The Kickass Single Mom: Be Financially Independent, Discover Your Sexiest Self, and Raise Fabulous, Happy Children
Boy Mom: What Your Son Needs Most from You
Strong Mothers, Strong Sons: Lessons Mothers Need to Raise Extraordinary Men
Mom Set Free - Bible Study Book: Good News for Moms Who are Tired of Trying to be Good Enough
The Single Mom's Devotional: A Book Of 52 Practical And Encouraging Devotions
Single Mothers by Choice: A Guidebook for Single Women Who Are Considering or Have Chosen Motherhood
Go the F**k to Sleep
The Single Girl's Guide to Marrying a Man, His Kids, and His Ex-Wife: Becoming A Stepmother With Humor And Grace
All Things Beautiful: 31 Devotions for Single Moms
Military Justified in Dismissing Single Parents
It's a story meant to tug at the heartstrings. A young Air Force officer, a churchgoing ROTC graduate from a Catholic university, is dismissed from service for having a baby. She is claiming discrimination. The story is sad but I side with the military.
I side with the military on this debate. Tragic though Edmonds' story may be, she did fail to follow the rules. She got pregnant, chose to have the child, and now must face the consequences. The military's logic that being a single parent while in active service is excessively difficult is sound. Should the military, and, by extension, taxpayers, be expected to shoulder the burden of allowing single parents to have kids while on active duty? Costs would rise and the military would be faced with the dilemma of whether or not to order single parents into combat zones or other dangerous areas. Imagine the public fallout if a single parent on active duty dies, leaving a child an orphan. The military is reviled, obviously. As a result, the military would likely designate all active-duty single parents as only fit for light duty in safe areas.
That doesn't really fly, so to speak. I tried to pursue an officer's commission in the U.S. Army but was rejected due to childhood asthma. If I was not fit to serve because I was deemed a potential liability, why should special exceptions be granted to single parents, who are similarly a potential liability, at least in a public relations sense? Why should they be allowed to serve, avoiding much of the rigor and danger experienced by other personnel, when others are shown the door?
The story of Lt. Edmonds is indeed tragic, but the young woman did break the rules and special exceptions should not be granted.
