Quick Self-Care Tips for Co-Parents: In the United States, 1 in 4 children are living in a single parent household, and it can be stressful. Effectively managing stress is a key to improving the happiness of you and your child. … Read More
Single Parent
Fourth of July 2020 Plans for the Single Parent Family
The Fourth of July is a summer holiday staple, although this year might be a little different, given that the Corona Virus pandemic is an on-going situation. The kids are on summer vacation, and the first day of a new … Read More
Summering as a Single Parent
It’s August, and it’s possible that your kids are already back in school. But for those single parents who still have their children for another few weeks or a month, you may be looking for ways to get some more … Read More
How to Help Your Kids Handle Stress
Life can be pretty stressful. We know as adults that stress is just a part of life. Divorce, separation, life change, learning to juggle child support, children, schedules…everything contributes pretty high on the stress scale. It is understandable that the … Read More
SupportPay and Tax Season
Well, it is tax season and SupportPay can help you with. That lovely time of year when you try to remember where you put all that important mail that has been coming in for a few months now. Maybe you … Read More
Feature Friday, Irony is a funny thing
We were all together in a meeting and the idea came up to highlight a feature every Friday. So this will be the first #SPfeaturefriday post. Let us know if you want to see anything highlighted by commenting below. That … Read More
Who pays for what? Paying parent and receiving parent.
There are two sides to every coin, and the co-parenting coin is a tough one to flip. Splitting up is hard enough without having to decide who pays for what. One parent is usually the paying parent, giving money to … Read More
Why Sheri Atwood took on Silicon Valley
All of us here at SupportPay thought you might like to know a little more about the person behind the first child support management solution. We sat down with Sheri and asked her about her own divorce, her life and why she … Read More
Don’t miss out, SupportPay
As a parent I am always bragging about my kid. I love to tell others of her accomplishments. I get so excited when she gets an award, make the honor roll, or score the winning point in a game! When … Read More
Tax Tips from SupportPay
Part 2 in our Tax Tips from SupportPay series, here is part 1. Just because the court says something, doesn’t mean it is so when it comes to taxes. What I mean is, if the court orders say that you can legally claim … Read More
5 Days It Really Sucks to be a Single Parent
No one ever said being a single parent was easy. I guess I am luckier than most, because in some ways, I was raised for this role. My mom was a single parent who raised 3 children – with little … Read More
We Need More Single Father Role Models
Where are the positive father stories? Why aren’t there more positive stories about divorced or single fathers who are involved in their child(ren)’s lives? We constantly hear stories of fathers who abandon their children and walk away from their responsibilities. … Read More