Christie Brinkley: How much should the kids know?

No matter which way you turn, it’s hard to ignore the messy details of Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook’s divorce.
Is this drama confusing you as much as it’s confusing me? Thank goodness that single mom expert Dr. Leah Klungness is here today to straighten me — and you — out when it comes to the [...]

Let’s hear your thoughts on Kate Hudson: “Boys, Meet My Son”

After hearing about Kate Hudson’s recent Father’s Day brunch — with her son, her son’s father, new beau Lance Armstrong, and his three kids (say what??) — I was wracking my brain to write a somewhat coherent post.
That’s when MomLogic emailed to ask for my take on “Kate Hudson: Boys, Meet My Son.”
There’s nothing like [...]

Jamie Lynn Spears gave birth to baby girl this morning!

Update: One of my single mom friends pointed out that I seem SO congratulatory here. In no way am I advocating teen pregnancy. I’m all for sex-ed and birth control. I think that waiting until you have a baby — until you’re in a solid relationship, with a solid career, and of course, a solid [...]

Blog winners, Bridget Moynahan on dating as a single mom, and more!

Congrats!
The winner of the Babeland Bath Fizzies — “In what ways does motherhood make us better lovers?” — is Avigail. This single mama said that after getting divorced and turning 30, “something snapped.”
“I wanted to become a sexy mama—a mother who was not afraid to be a strong woman with healthy sexy values. I [...]

Will you be watching Denise Richards’ “complicated” life tonight?

I only have basic cable (and rarely watch TV), so I won’t be staying up to see”Denise Richards: It’s Complicated.”
But if you will, let me know. I’m curious.
Although this is a reality show, my hope is that Richards can use this medium to show that single moms can move on after divorce, past the bitterness. [...]

Sex and the City Trivia: Do you remember the name of Miranda’s nanny?

Hint: She’s the one who found a vibrator in Miranda’s bed… and swapped it for a statue of the Virgin Mary.

At San Francisco’s Sex and the City event with Sasha Cagen, author of Quirkyalone, Mysti Doughty, and Waleska — one of my always-there single mama friends. (Hint: we’re the two shorties!)

Top Chef and single mom Camille Becerra says “I’m dating myself!”

When I emailed the publicist for Top Chef contestant– and single mom — Camille Becerra I was floored when she wrote back to me herself. After, all, 35-year-old Chef Becerra is a celebrity.
So what if she had to leave the show after judge Tom Colicchio called her pineapple upside-down cake “rubbery”? Any single [...]

So what if Jamie Lynn Spears doesn’t get married?

Today, at Slate, advice columnist Emily Yoffe refers to “the archetypal unwed mother” as “a Jamie Lynn Spears—a dopey teenager who dropped her panties and got in over her head.”
Ouch. “Dopey teenager.” Does this writer know Jamie Lynn Spears? Has she met her? This woman knows how to belittle.
First off, Emily assumes to know exactly [...]

Hollywood, here you come?

Storked’s post this morning at Glamour — “America’s Next Top… Baby?” – could not have appeared at a more appropriate time. A few days ago, photo team showed up at our door: the unstoppable Thayer, her assistant, two stylists, and a make-up artist.
They were here to shoot for a forthcoming piece I wrote for Jewish [...]

Shameless self-promotion, the Spitzers, and the McCartney divorce

If you haven’t read Random Esq’s post today, apparently I made him trip down a flight of stairs yesterday. Not on purpose. I swear!
This “random attorney” — who doesn’t have a single mom girlfriend, but sure has a lot of single mom fans — was reading my email on his cell phone when he was [...]