New podcast: Single Mom Nation Radio is live!

Single mamas! This podcast is for us, by us and all about us. Join me for our inaugural episode, where I share how and when to answer that awkward question so many of us get too often.

Single Mom Nation RadioJessica AshleyDecember 9, 2015single mom nation radio, divorce

How I am finally, really, truly NOT going to overdo Christmas with kids this year

I am saying enough to the Christmas gift tsunami I've created year after year. Here's how it is going to go down.

Your Amazing KidsJessica AshleyNovember 25, 2015christmas, holiday giving, gifts for kids, gifts for babies, budget

We've all been to this place. But the movie calls it Brooklyn

How does a movie about an Irish immigrant in the '50's speak to single moms? In a thousand heartbreaking, hopeful ways.

Sex & RelationshipsJessica AshleyNovember 11, 2015brooklyn, movies

Singles Awareness Day? HAHAHAHA, no

During Valentine's season, do you know what SAD stands for? The holiday that puts the word "shame" right next to "single." Join us as we laugh about February 15th ridiculousness.

7 Rules to follow when texting your ex

Divorce and co-parenting can get text-ugly, fast.

I thought single motherhood would be more like 'Kate & Allie'

Where was my go-to girlfriend? The one who loaned me shoes and gave me pep talks?

Why you should date someone older and someone wayyy younger

Too many "age-appropriate" men's photos on dating sites show them standing with strippers or reclining unalluringly on cheap leather sofas.

Sex & RelationshipsJessica AshleyApril 27, 2015dating, single woman, younger men, older men

Magical Mother's Day dates for you and your kid

We've rounded up the very best mom-kid date ideas sure to inspire big smiles and lasting memories. (Because really, is there any greater gift? We didn't think so.)

Could you be this kind of single mom?

When a teen in California was threatened by his family for being gay, his friend's mom did more than help him leave home. She made him a part of her family.

(Co) ParentingJessica AshleyApril 8, 2015gay teen adopted, adoption