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Dating As a Single Parent – Series Index

Dating As a Single Parent – Series Index
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Adriana Georgette

Addy is a Christ-centered writer, instructional coach, and devoted mother, passionate about encouraging others through biblical truth and personal testimony. She draws inspiration from her faith, her work in education, and her everyday walk with Jesus.

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Series Index

Dating as a Single Parent

A Christian dating series for single parents seeking wisdom, patience, boundaries, discernment, and care for their children while building relationships with purpose.

Series overview

Dating as a Single Parent is not simply dating with a busier schedule. It involves wisdom, children, trust, timing, emotional clarity, and the responsibility to protect what God has placed in your care.

This series walks through Christian dating as a single parent with practical attention to young children, school-age children, teenagers, blended-family dynamics, online dating, and the question many parents eventually face: when should my child meet the person I am dating?

How to use this series

Read these in order

This series is designed as a guided path. Begin with the foundation, then move through different parenting seasons and dating situations with wisdom, care, and Christ-centered discernment.

Reading path

The full Dating as a Single Parent series

  1. Dating as a Single Parent — Part 1: Only God Can Fix Our Brokenness

    Begins the series by setting the foundation: Christ comes first, and dating must be shaped by wisdom, identity, and responsibility before romance.

  2. Dating as a Single Parent — Part 2: Do I Have Margin?

    Continues the foundation by helping single parents think carefully about readiness, motives, priorities, and emotional clarity.

  3. Dating as a Single Parent — Part 3: Dating with Young Children

    Considers the unique care, caution, and pacing needed when young children are part of the dating picture.

  4. Dating as a Single Parent — Part 4: Dating with School-Age Children

    Looks at how school-age children process change, attachment, attention, and the presence of someone new in a parent’s life.

  5. Dating as a Single Parent — Part 5: Teenagers, Truth, and Trust

    Explores how honesty, patience, and trust matter when dating while parenting teenagers.

  6. Dating as a Single Parent — Part 6: Dating Someone Without Children

    Helps single parents think through expectations, maturity, sacrifice, and understanding when dating someone who does not have children.

  7. Dating as a Single Parent — Part 7: Dating When Both People Have Children

    Addresses the added complexity of two families, two sets of children, different rhythms, and the need for patient discernment.

  8. Dating as a Single Parent — Part 8: Online Dating—What Not to Share

    Offers practical wisdom for online dating, privacy, safety, and protecting children from unnecessary exposure.

  9. Dating as a Single Parent — Part 9: When Should My Child Meet Them?

    Helps parents think through timing, trust, readiness, stability, and wisdom before introducing a child to someone they are dating.

Children matter

Dating choices do not only affect the adults involved. The series keeps children’s safety, stability, and trust in view.

Wisdom over urgency

Single parents are encouraged to move with patience, discernment, and clarity rather than pressure, fear, or loneliness.

Christ first

The goal is not simply to find a relationship, but to follow Jesus faithfully while dating, parenting, and protecting what matters.

Common questions

Questions this series helps answer

  • How do I know if I am ready to date as a single parent?
  • How should dating look different when I have young children?
  • How do school-age children process a parent dating?
  • How honest should I be with my teenager about dating?
  • What should I consider when dating someone without children?
  • What changes when both people have children?
  • What should I avoid sharing in online dating?
  • When should my child meet the person I am dating?

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