Top Single Parents on the Web: The Blogger's to Watch

[Morgan Siler]

Welcome! I'm very excited to kick off the Who's Who of Single Parents on the Web, and to share with the world the top single parent personalities out there.

Let's not waste anytime.

Here we go, dive right in and start getting to know some of the most amazing single moms and single dads of the web.

We kick off this list with the Ones to Watch-- the one's who brighten our day with their comments and/or their fresh perspective on what it means to be a single parent. The blogsophere wouldn't be the same without them, so it is time to celebrate who they are.

[Stay tuned tomorrow for the Community Builders and don't miss Friday for the Celebrities (hint: no one in hollywood is on the list).]

I've asked each of the Who's Who to help us get to know them and to share with us all their social media links so we can keep up with them in every nook and cranny of the web. You'll never be without a single parent connection again.

Twitter is about to get a lot more fun, and Facebook even more friendly...

(List of Who's Who is in Alphabtical Order)

1. Canadian Bald Guy

Single parents are....inspirational, under-appreciated, and able to write pretty great blogs!

I’m just a thirty-something single dad who is just trying to find his place in the world…no more, no less.

Most Popular Post: Props to the single mom!

Connect with Canadian Bald Guy:

Twitter

Facebook

I Heart Single Parents

Flickr

YouTube

Blip.FM

2. Cost of Living

Single Parents are....redefining the American family, not killing it.

Child of hippies. Sign of pisces. Single, working, Colorado mama.

Favorite Post: Lilo, Stich and the Broken Family

Secret about me: As a child in Vermont, my hippie father taught us how to make Macrame' jewelry one summer, which we promptly stockpiled and sold to the tourists at the local lake. Young entrepreneurs or budding panhandlers?

Connect with Pisces Hannah:

Twitter Rocky Mountain Moms

3. Depot Dad

Getting involved with the online single parent community was one of the best things I've ever done.

I enjoy fine needle biopsies, debilitating cancer meds, and walks on the beach.

Favorite Post: My First Crush

Connect with DepotDad:

Twitter i Heart Single Parents

4. Kat Wilder

Single parents are....tired, mostly. But that just means they want to go to bed more often, and that has its perks.

I am the non de plume of a middle-aged divorced mom who blogs about kids, work, friendships, dating, exes, perimenopause and midlife sex (yeah, we have it).

Favorite Post: Crazy in Love

What you don't know about Kat:

"If I get reincarnated, I want to be a rock star. And Johnny Depp's love thing. "

Connect with Kat Wilder:

Twitter Facebook

5. O Solo Mama

Single parents are...some of the most misunderstood and negatively judged people on the planet. Yet every day they get up and do the impossible. I am always inspired by the single parents I meet on the web.

Single momhood, adoption, middle age. All together now.

Favorite Post: The Things I'll Never Do

Hottest Post: Ann Coulter Says Thank a Single Mother if You're a Victim of Crime

Something You May Not Know about O Solo Mama:

"I'm a contributor at www.singlemindedwomen.com, my cats believe with all their heart that I am Mother Cat, and I could stay on Etsy all day."

Connect with O Solo Mama:

Twitter

Change.org

6. One Woman Show

Single parents are the best jugglers around.

In these last few years I’ve learned I can juggle in many other ways: as a mother of two, writer, blogger, professional marketer, sometime DIYer — even a modern woman who navigated her way through the strangely modern dating world only to find love — and herself — again.

Popular Post: I Do, Take 2

Connect with Susan Courtad:

Facebook

7. PT Law Mom

Single parents are....doing the very best we can, day-by-day, on this unexpected, sometimes-difficult and often joy-filled, journey.

On a path to self-discovery after years in an emotionally abusive marriage, I chronicle my life as a divorced single mother who has moved back in with her parents and share stories of healing, dating, sex life, relationship with her ex, and the delights of her precious five year-old.

Favorite Post: Why you shouldn't bring your rebound guy home and try to hide him f...

What You Didn't Know about PTLawMom:

"I had a craptastic 2008, which you can read about here and have had to give up my part-time law school program. I moved back into my parents' garage apartment to save money and provide a stable home for my son. I am blessed with an awesome career that I love."

Connect with PTLawMom:

iHeartSingleParents

Twitter

8. Raising a Revolution

Single parents are the most inspiring stories of perseverance there are!

I am a multimedia journalist and social change artist, raising chickens, vegetables and a five year old revolutionary in Portland, Oregon.

Favorite Post: The first one I wrote

Something People Should Know About Nicole:

"Lots of people blame the internet for a lack of real human connection in our society. But i believe it's actually a tool that can bring people together. In that spirit, I'd love to see it actually bring people right to my back yard! I write all the time on my blog about how growing my own food empowers me, and i want to be able to spread that love around. I invite any of my readers who are in the Portland area and not able to grow their own garden to come and join me in mine. There is always work to do, and it's an inspiring experience to watch your own labor turn into food for your family! Single parents have to be even more self-sufficient than two-parent families, and this definitely feeds into that."

Connect with Raising a Revolutionary:

Twitter Facebook

9. Super Sexy Single Moms

Single parents are the greatest gift a child could have in many cases. Many children might not have a parent at all if it weren't for their single mom/dad. Single parents are warriors!

I am the author of The Super, Sexy, Single Mom on a Budget and a entrepreneur residing in Atlanta, Georgia. I am also an actress who has been featured in a Showtime movie as well as various commercial and television work, a media personality who hosted a television show, a contributing writer to various publications and was chosen by Jezebel Magazine as One of the Ten Most Beautiful Atlantans.

Most Popular Post: Online Dating Tips for Single Moms

What you don't know about Renee:

"I was a BMX bicycle rider when I was a child and I have two metal rods and six screws in my back from scoliosis."

10. Single Parent Dad

Single parents are...superheros.

Parenting without a safety net, no womb, will travel.

Most Popular Post: Flashbacks are Both Dreadful and Wonderful

What you might not know about Single Parent Dad:

"My initials also spell my first name. That was fun when teachers would ask me to initial stuff, and let’s just say, I wasn’t forward in my explanations when they kept asking for ‘Your initials Ian, not your first name’."

Connect with SingleParentDad:

Twitter

11. Quest for T

Single parents are... all the same. We all work hard. We all have jobs where the only pay is a snuggle or a smile here and there. We all do what we have to do because no one else is doing it. We all seek validation and love. We all need each other. We all can DO THIS THING and raise some amazing children. We are loved and we are never alone.

Sometimes motherhood and singlehood are like water and oil. Let's shake things up a bit and see how everything comes together.

Favorite Post: Meeting You Where You Are

What you may not know about T: I have recently cut ties from my last relationship: a soldier who has returned from deployment to Iraq with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. I am an introspective sort of person, learning about myself through relationships, spirituality, sex, athletics... and the blog explores all of it. I guess you could say I enjoy challenging myself in mind, body and spirit.

Connect with T

Twitter

YouTube

Bonus! Two More Single Mom Bloggers you don't want to miss:

Kat of My Single Mom Life

Single parents are...some of the strongest people I know who very rarely catch a break or respect.

Single, disabled mom raising 2 amazing young men, gonna keep going until the day it's all good for me.

Something you may not know about Kat:
"That I'm brutally honest and blunt. What I write may offend someone somewhere, maybe even them, but real life isn't all rainbows and happiness. Life is in your face and sometimes brutal. I write the truths of my life."

Most Popular Post: People are People

Connect with Kat:

Twitter

Facebook

Katherine of SoloDotMom

Single parents are... simply people walking this journey of life taking care of their children and taking care of life as it happens.... solo.

Keeping it real means you will see the good, the bad, the beautiful
and the ugly. I hope you will continue to stay tuned with SOLO dot MOM
as I continue on this journey, this wonderful, beautiful, amazing,
magical, journey called life.

Fave Post: Keepin it Real

Something you may not know about Katherine:

"I enjoy life. Even with all the struggles a single mom life can
bring, I love it. My kids are my treasures and I want to share with
them all the joy, love, and laughter I can possibly bring them, while
helping them learn from life lessons along the way."

Connect with Solo Dot Mom:

Twitter

Facebook

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p.s. I have a feeling this list deserves to grow and it will... If you know someone that you think should be on this list, be sure to leave their link below so I can get to know them too.