You're only one person—but you're not alone.
As a single parent, you know your life is different from the other working parents around you. With the pressure to perform well at work and no partner to assist with tasks at home (let alone major crises), you likely find yourself pulled in all directions, with many responsibilities and little support.
Doing It All as a Solo Parent offers you the help you need to lighten the load. Drawing on the wisdom of experts and parents alike, it provides practical tips and advice tailored to your unique challenges as a solo parent. Whether you're single, widowed, or have a partner who is unable to help, you'll discover how to do it all—with less stress.
You'll learn to:
- Create a support system of family and friends
- Make time spent with your children more meaningful
- Shape a long-term career despite short-term demands
- Build a childcare backup bench
- Carve out time for yourself
The HBR Working Parents Series provides support as you anticipate challenges, learn how to advocate for yourself more effectively, juggle your impossible schedule, and find fulfillment at home and at work. Whether you're up with a newborn or planning the future with your teen, you’ll find the practical tips, strategies, and research you need to make working parenthood work for you.
| Introduction: New Tools--and No Judgments: Advice that works for your unique life |
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Section 1 Balls in the Air: Juggling Home and Family Life |
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1 Creative Strategies from Single Parents for Managing Work and Family |
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2 How to Prioritize Your Time More Strategically |
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3 Making Tough Calls as the Solo |
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Section 2 Build Your Village: Create a Support System |
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4 Your Family Needs a "Board of Directors" |
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5 Building a Single-Parent Community |
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6 Fill Up Your Childcare Backup Bench us |
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7 All the Help We Can Get |
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Section 3 Maintain Meaningful Work: Managing Your Job and Career |
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8 Common Work Challenges--and Tips--for Solo Parents |
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9 How to Negotiate Remote and Flexible Work Arrangements |
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10 Planning Your Career When Urgent Needs Get in the Way |
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11 Divorce Doesn't Have to Derail Your Career |
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12 How a Newly Widowed Mom of Three Kept Her Career on Track |
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Section 4 You First: Tackle Stress with Self-Care |
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13 Combating Burnout as a Single Working Parent |
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14 Stress Can Be a Good Thing If You Know How to Use It |
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15 Make Time for "Me Time" |
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16 Resilience Is About How You Recharge |
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Epilogue: You Live, You Learn |
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| About the Contributors |
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Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, 12 international licensed editions, books from Harvard Business Review Press, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review provides professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact.
Daisy Dowling, Series Editor, is founder and CEO of Workparent, the executive coaching and training firm, and the author of Workparent: The Complete Guide to Succeeding on the Job, Staying True to Yourself, and Raising Happy Kids (Harvard Business Review Press, 2021). She is a full-time working parent to two young children. She can be reached at workparent.com.
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