WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT
BEING A SINGLE PARENT
One of life’s greatest blessings and sources of joy is being called somebody’s parent.
But if you find yourself raising children alone, you know better than anyone else that parenting is a job meant for two. That’s why Dr. James Dobson calls single parenting “the toughest job in the universe.” Few understand the loneliness and emotional hurt many single parents carry or how exhausting the role can be.
So, how can you be hopeful and experience joyful success as a parent despite more challenging circumstances?
HOW TO FACE CHALLENGES
AS A SINGLE PARENT
GOING FURTHER
RESOURCES
- Successful Single Parenting by Gary Richmond, a single-parent pastor
Provides practical help and Biblical principles for balancing your needs with those of your children.
- Help and Hope for the Single Parent by Tony Evans
Offers you and encouraging reminder that you are not alone! God can – and will – help you live a satisfying life and succeed in parenting.
- Single Parenting that Works: Six Keys to Raising Happy, Healthy Children in a Single-Parent Home by Dr. Kevin Leman
Shows parents how to develop their children’s self-esteem, and how to discipline and relate to their kids in accordance with their unique God-given personalities