life help: Single Dad / college student / working full time. - Help.com

Your a college student? which is that, is that High School or University?

Go to Church, talk to missionaries, and…

You see, I go to Church and it has helped me…it takes me out of my busy life, it takes me to a holy place, and to consider what life is really about, I learn wisdom and incentives that can help me better engage the adversity and challenges of life.

Or, you can just consider Sunday, which is the day of rest…which is called the Sabbath day…where God has sanctified it to be a day of rest.

Well, by not working on that day, relaxing, pretty much reading good books, going to Church, spending time with family…is satisfying and it eases the stress, and you feel peace, joy, and happiness and also being blessed by the Lord.

And well, for me, it helps me better in the next days where I engage in hard work.

Wow! Good for you to be so willing to take on this responsibility!

I am not sure if this will help, and it means adding another task to your busy week, but it may give you some relief:

Does your university have a student services? I would go talk to someone there– really– it is your student fees at work. Ask them if they could hook you up with some kind of share-care with other single parent students(you watch other parents’ kids for 3 hours a week, they watch yours for 3 hours). Sometimes universities even have day care at reduced fees. Or advertise for sharecare in the university newspaper (ask student life if they could help you screen the responders). If you could find a couple of other folks in the same boat and exchange, that would be great.

If you do go to church, as thesailor recommended, then do not be afraid to ask if they have a sharecare or even a parents group at which you could meet folks and arrange to spare each other. I swap time with my neighbor and it really helps.

You might also offer to swap toys/clothes with parents you meet in these ways to help with costs.

Good luck! Keep the faith! Your doing a noble thing in both parenting and letting them see you get an education!

Oh, I wanted to add a couple of more ideas (I don’t know how old the kids are, so it may or may not apply)–

–PBS station plays great stuff
–Renting 2-3 videos from the public library is cheap and offers you 1hr to study– and can be educational.
–Exercise together! Take a walk, do jumping jacks, etc. together– it may help you sleep better and will relieve stress– and it may move bedtime up a little
–I go to bed as soon as the twins do– and then wake up at 5 to get 2 hours before they rise
–Many libraries and bookstores have a free book reading time. Just take the kids, sit them down for some entertainment, sit where you can see them, and voila– studytime! I looked up the Manatee Library system near you and clicked on events — it looks like story time at most of the libraries is on Wednesday(http://www.co.manatee.fl.us/) I also looked up the Barnes and Noble in Sarasota–11 am on Saturdays is their book read

— if you really need a break, try respite care– a lot of times it is free and it is wonderful!– http://www.geocities.com/arnfl/reseig… call Catholic Charities or Part C — if they can’t help you, they should know someone who can.

Hope this isn’t too much!

Like I said– noble calling! Good luck!

GOD BLESS YOU!!

Do you take any of your classes online? Sometimes that helps, but it depends on how you learn. You could legally pursue your wife for child support—is she in any condition for visitation? Maybe you have family members who could help?