Worksheets

What our series Single Mums SOS is about

We are not experts with a raft of diplomas and qualifications (other than a couple of irrelevant degrees, and all manner of other interesting, though unrelated, certificates.) We are however, stuffed full of common sense and experience and hopefully a manner and style which encourages people to sort themselves out, nudge them along the way, or simply to do what they had always meant to do but had never got round to. We are also quite bossy!!

We follow 15 people in batches of 5 as they get to know each other, start looking after themselves, improve relationships with their children’s other parent, start businesses, sort out their money, their wardrobes their attitude and so much more.

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THINGS TO DO WITH YOUR CHILDREN

Here are a couple of ideas of things to do with your children that will help generate even more ideas of fun you can all have together in the future.

A FAMILY LIST OF FUN THINGS TO DO
Sit down with the children and make a list of all the adventures you’d like to go on and the fun things you’d like to do.

Use these categories and write down everyone’s ideas under each:

  • Start with the big ideas (day trips, holidays etc)
  • The things to do at home if it was raining and cold
  • The things to do outside that don’t cost any money if it was sunny
  • The things to do outside that don’t cost any money if it was raining and cold
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    Questions to help you talk about tricky stuff with the children

    Children of any age can find it difficult to talk about how they feel about not living with both their parents. They say it’s ‘fine’ or just don’t raise it but they’re NOT fine, so talk to them and help them tell you. This worksheet gives you an outline of questions you could ask to help you and your children talk.

  • How are you feeling?

    Lots of children can feel sad or angry etc (use whatever adjectives describe how you think your children are feeling) when they don’t live with their daddy / mummy anymore. Does it make you feel like that?

    IF YES: Which bits make you sad / angry etc? Which other bits?

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    STEP 1 OF A FINANCIAL WORK OUT

    This is a ‘scene-setting’ mission, somewhat akin to ‘planning to’ take up keep fit, i.e. going out to get the shoes and leisure wear, without actually getting sweaty in it!

    Yes the first step of a financial work out requires very little effort and is more of a fact-finding mission. However, by the end of the first step you will have a good idea about what you need to do to tackle your own personal situation and will be ready for the other worksheets.

    YOU WILL NEED:

  • I small notebook for your bag to be kept with you at all times
  • One shoebox
  • A little bit of time to answer some questions
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    Wrestle with your numbers in and out . Maybe you think you can't improve anything - bet you can

    We all want to be richer than we are. For some it’s a bit more urgent than others. If you’re an urgent case then you use this worksheet to help you work out what you’re options are. If you’re a less urgent case, and just dream of a diamond encrusted door knob, then use this worksheet to see if you’ve overlooked a nest egg or can come up with a cunning wheeze to get one…

    Draw a grid with 5 columns. This is what they’re for:

  • The 1st column is for you to list all your ‘EARNINGS AND ASSETS’.
  • The 2nd column is ‘CURRENT’ and this is where you write in current earnings and assets
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