“Must Love Kids:” Exclusive Interview with David

Readers, please meet David, one of Kristin’s six male “suitors” on the new reality show Must Love Kids.
I was thrilled when 44-year-old David — who’s the single dad two sons, 6 and 8 – agreed to a telephone interview from his home in southern California. The producers of Must Love Kids had found the very [...]

How to pick up a man. Any advice?

On the way back from the beach this weekend, my Latina single mom friend and I talked in hushed whispers about meeting men, as our girls played with their American Girls in the backseat. (We turned up Disney Channel by the way.)
Neither of is going back online this summer. I’ve given JDate a good hard [...]

Is it safe to put your kid’s names and photos on your blog? What I learned at BlogHer, Part 1

I was just drafting a post about being safe when you’re a single parent blogger, and my sweet dad called to give me the heads up about today’s San Francisco Chronicle.
In today’s article about “Mommy Bloggers,” Heather Armstrong — aka Dooce – says she “has seen photos of her daughter manipulated online.”
MommyBlogging: Public Parenting [...]

Going to BlogHer, and then turning 36

Here’s a little photo diary of the weekend for all of you:

I was tickled to meet Secret Agent Josephine, who played Devil’s Advocate with me recently at Work It Mom.

The night before BlogHer, Guy Kawasaki invited 250 women bloggers (and a trickle of male bloggers, like Laid off Dad) to his home on Thursday night. [...]

If my kid had it her way, I’d never have a boyfriend

Today, as the guest blogger at Dad’s House, I share “A Child’s View on Dating and Partnership.”
So, come on over to the kid’s room at Dad’s House today and share your thoughts.

Thanks!

Condom winners! T-shirt slogans? Let’s hear ‘em!

Recently, I asked you to share your favorite kind of condom — and why.
Thanks to ONE Condoms, here are the three lucky winners:
Oh-so-honest “TheMatt” wins the 12-pack of Glowing Pleasures, “one to light the way.” His fav? Contempo Exotica Snugger Fit. (His last words were: “Good Gods, I can’t believe I’m saying this in a [...]

Do you think Glamour’s hot single blogger is man enough to date a single mom?

Jump over to Glamour.com’s Single-ish blog this afternoon to hear my reply.
Clue: here’s a recent photo of Ryan, who says (and I quote directly from his blog): “I love bars. Why? Allow me to alliterate: beer, buddies and broads. It’s really that simple.”

Single parents, please read on — and comment over at Glamour today. [...]

When men are confused

Maybe it’s because the world feels unsteady right now, as if there’s a constant undertow.
Or maybe it’s because there’s a Capricorn moon with Saturn in Virgo.
All I know is, there’s a comment awaiting moderation right now in response to my post about “Kate Hudson: “Boys, Meet My Son.”
The comment, however, has nothing to [...]

Happy Father’s Day to all the single dads out there!

Father’s Day used to be so darn sad for me. I’d wake up, open my eyes, close them again and wish the day away. But now that we live out here in in Cali, near my dad and step-dad, it’s not so bad.
What makes it all better are the single dad bloggers I’ve met through [...]

Make Over for Mother’s Day?

Heads up: for the past month I’ve been working on making this blog better — for you.
So, just in time for Mother’s Day, I’m re-launching in a new format, one that’s easier to read and multi-media (videos!). I hope the new blog will be more revealing, more real. Thanks for being patient with the changes [...]