Hi all,

There has been some forum chatter about my research- which is great. Lots of people have different opinions about whether it is beneficial to complete these types of surveys.

To keep it short-

I’m doing research to see if the amount of social support influences decisons made by single mothers. If I find this to be significant, it will inform government policy makers about whether or not there is a specific need to increase supports for single mothers.

This issue is very personal to me, and I’ve invested many years in this research project.

What I’m still looking for is women who were once single mothers (or still are single mothers!) to complete this short questionnaire.

It takes about 10 minutes.

Its entirely confidential and voluntary.

http://www.deakin.edu.au/psychology/…/relationships

Please pass this on to any women you think may be interested.

Cheers!

Kelly

What can you honestly say has been positive about becoming a step parent? im not talking about ending up with the love of your life, but what has ended up being positive in having step kids and their other parent being involved in your (and if you have them, your own kids) life.

Personally i cant think of anything so am seeking inspiration after a sh*t SF day…

I’m not sure if this is the right spot to put this post.

So, many of you have read my other posts in regards to what is happening with DP. We have a pending hearing with $$AT. What I wanted to know is this.

about a year ago we moved into a house that we built. We looked at buying an established house but we could not afford it and decided to build as it was cheaper, however things like the garden and window furnishings and the like have not been done, hence why it was cheaper for us to do this way. it’s been over a year now and we still haven’t been able to buy these things, what we have been doing is every week what we have spare we put towards our home loan which we can later withdraw on to purchase these things. We do this so we can save on our interest until we are ready for it. We have currently an extra $3000 in there, which is not much considering that window furnishing alone are nearly $8000. Now C$A have been able to obtain a copy of our statement and see this. we tried to explain that this is our savings for he things that we need and that w only have that becasue we sacrifice and budget, things like entertainment. They obviously don’t care. What I’m wanting to know is will this penaliase us with $$AT, because we are able to save a little. Are we allowed to have a savings account?